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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A monogenetic volcanic fissure (2 km) with scoria and spatter craters, rugged lava formations (20 sq. km), lava tubes...
length
4 km
difficulty
Average
A long line of sheer sea lava cliffs south of the old fishing hamlet of Hafnir. Various marine birds...
difficulty
Easy
A stack of bedrock layers including lava flows, palagonite tuff, tillites, interbeds and erosion planes. Méltunnuklif contains several pages...
difficulty
Easy
A wide, open grassy field at the foot of hyaloclastite ridges. Remains of two small farms illustrate an old...
length
9 km
difficulty
Average
Steep hyaloclastite mountains west of Sog - geosite. Geothermal sites and younger volcanic fissures border them, associated with various...