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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1 km
difficulty
Average
High hyaloclastite cliffs form the summit of Mt. Þorbjarnarfell close to Grindavík town. Thieves, captured in the area, were...
length
1 km
difficulty
Easy
A large rock at the old track between Krýsuvík and Grindavík, The Rock of Drinks. It has three holes,...
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5 km km
difficulty
Average
Three lakes in the hylaoclastite Ice Age ridges Vesturháls and Sveifluháls, containing groundwater. Djúpavatn is partly a crater lake,...
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2 km
difficulty
Easy
A free-standing, hyaloclastite mountain north of Grindavik. It is split by fault lines that create a shallow valley (graben)....
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8 km
difficulty
Average
A monogenetic crater row formed about 2,300 years ago. The lava flow entered the sea (where the town of...