Veiðivötn in the highlands of Iceland

Veiðivötn is a remote district of crater lakes formed mainly by the great ....

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Sveinstindur in the highlands of Iceland

Sveinstindur rises to 1,089 metres beside Langisjór in Vatnajökull National Park. A steep ....

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Ófærufoss is one of Iceland's most spectacular hidden waterfalls, located deep within the rugged Highlands.

Ófærufoss waterfall in the Highlands of Iceland

Ófærufoss is a two-tiered waterfall in Nyrðri Ófæra, deep within the volcanic canyon ....

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Langjökull glacier

Langjökull is Iceland’s second-largest glacier and the source of Hvítá, the river that ....

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Langisjór highland lake

Langisjór is a long and exceptionally clear highland lake enclosed by the hyaloclastite ....

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Landmannalaugar

Landmannalaugar is a highland basin of dark lava, altered rhyolite mountains, geothermal water ....

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Kaldidalur valley

Kaldidalur is an austere highland corridor between Ok and Þórisjökull, crossed by the ....

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Aldeyjarfoss basalt column waterfall

Aldeyjarfoss drops approximately 20 metres through a dark enclosure of columnar basalt on ....

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Axlafoss waterfall

Axlafoss waterfall by highland road F210

Axlafoss is an approximately eight-metre waterfall on Hólmsá beside the southern Fjallabak road, ....

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Hrafnabjargafoss waterfall by highland road F26

Hrafnabjargafoss is a broad and intricate waterfall on Skjálfandafljót, upstream from Aldeyjarfoss. The ....

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Kerlingafjöll geothermal area

Kerlingarfjöll mountain range and Hveradalir geothermal area

Kerlingarfjöll is a great rhyolite mountain range south-west of Hofsjökull, shaped by volcanic ....

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Ljótipollur crater lake near Landmannalaugar

Ljótipollur is a red-walled explosion crater and lake within Fjallabak Nature Reserve. Formed ....

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Mt. Mælifell

Mt Mælifell volcano on the southern Fjallabak road F210

Mt. Mælifell rises more than 200 metres above the black sands and shifting ....

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Sigöldugljúfur canyon waterfalls by mountain road F208

Sigöldugljúfur is a former channel of the glacial river Tungnaá where clear springs ....

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Hnausapollur

Hnausapollur is a blue crater lake beside F208, north of Landmannalaugar in Fjallabak ....

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Frostastadavatn in Fjallabak Nature Reserve

Frostastaðavatn is a remarkably shallow highland lake north of Landmannalaugar in Fjallabak Nature ....

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Brennisteinsalda in Landmannalaugar Nature Reserve

Brennisteinsalda is an approximately 855-metre rhyolite mountain above Landmannalaugar in Fjallabak Nature Reserve. ....

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Sigöldufoss waterfall in Tungna river

Sigöldufoss is a natural waterfall in the former main channel of the Tungnaá, ....

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Laugahraun is a young basaltic lava field at Landmannalaugar, formed during the 1477 Veiðivötn eruption. Dark, fractured, and still sharply textured, it stands in direct contrast to the surrounding rhyolite mountains and geothermal slopes. More than a backdrop, Laugahraun is a defining structural element of the Landmannalaugar landscape, shaping access, water flow, and human movement through the area.

Laugahraun lava field in Landmannalaugar

Laugahraun is a dark, obsidian-bearing rhyolitic lava flow at Landmannalaugar. Formed within the ....

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Mt. Blahnukur in Landmannalaugar Nature Reserve

Mt. Bláhnúkur is a steep, blue-grey rhyolite mountain rising above Landmannalaugar. Its marked ....

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