Our Geosites

Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark is an area of 829 square kilometers, 0.85% of Iceland. There the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above sea level. Various forms of volcanic activity that has shaped the peninsula for a long time. In the Geopark it’s easy to find geothermal activity and see the shaping of different landscapes, hundreds of different craters, caves and lava fields, a variety of bird life, astonishing cliffs, high geothermal activity, and black sand beaches.
The Geopark and its hiking trails are accessible all year round.

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36_Mannvistarleifar við Eldvörp 1
difficulty Easy
Remains of human activities in Eldvörp
Remains of human activities in the Eldvörp lava flow; three paths represent old trading and communication routes and ruins...
50_Reykjanesviti5_Þráinn-vefur
difficulty Easy
Reykjanes Lighthouse
The Reykjanes lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse currently operated in Iceland, from 1908. A lighthouse keeper and farmer used...
10_Hrafnagjá
length 1 km
difficulty Easy
Hrafnagjá
The normal fault and tension fracture, Hrafnagjá, is the longest of its kind at the Reykjanes Peninsula, 12 km...
33_Húshólmi
length 2 km
difficulty Easy
Húshólmi
A clearing (kipuka) over which the lava Ögmundarhraun didn´t flow during an eruption in 1151, with remains of farm...
27_Brimketill5_Þráinn-vefur
difficulty Easy
Brimketill
A small, naturally carved pool, by marine erosion, at the lava shore edge west of the town of Grindavík....
23_Sundhnúksröð_hd
length 8 km
difficulty Average
Sundhnúksröð
A monogenetic crater row formed about 2,300 years ago. The lava flow entered the sea (where the town of...