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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The normal fault and tension fracture, Hrafnagjá, is the longest of its kind at the Reykjanes Peninsula, 12 km...
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1 km
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Seaside remains of three large tephra rings, 800 to 2,000 years old, topped by lava flows. The uppermost one...
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3 km
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Lambafell probably stems from the second last glacial period. Tensional fractures cut through it. One opens up in the...
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A hyaloclastite mountain formed during a subglacial eruption, possibly during the Weichselian glaciation. Marine erosion has opened up a...
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Easy
The Patterson-airstrip was built on consolidated marine sediments with subfossil marine molluscs. The most common species is blunt gaper...