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...
18_Rosmhvalanes
difficulty Easy
Rosmhvalanes
A large flat area that represents the oldest part of the Reykjanes peninsula. The topmost bedrock is heavily eroded...
29_Eldey1_Þráinn-vefur
difficulty Easy
Eldey
A-77-m-high island, of unknown age, made of layered palagonite tuff on top of the Reykjanes ridge, 15 km offshore,...
44_Þorbjarnarfell6_Þráinn-vefur
length 2 km
difficulty Easy
Þorbjarnarfell
A free-standing, hyaloclastite mountain north of Grindavik. It is split by fault lines that create a shallow valley (graben)....
6_Eldvörp2
difficulty Average
Eldvörp
A 10-km-long row of scoria and spatter cones in off-set (en echelon) sections, with centrally placed geothermal features and...
37_Ósar_hd
difficulty Easy
Ósar
A rocky inlet adjacent to the old hamlet of Hafnir with its newly excavated pre-settlement ruins of a Norse...