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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In 1799, an powerful storm, combined with high spring tide, produced the worst, known flood in the southwest: Básendaflóð,...
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4 km
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Average
A lava shield, 6,000 to 6,500 years old, plus a lava flow, 80-100 sq. km, has a volume of...
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5 km km
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Average
Three lakes in the hylaoclastite Ice Age ridges Vesturháls and Sveifluháls, containing groundwater. Djúpavatn is partly a crater lake,...
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Easy
A spit next to the town of Grindavík. It was formed during an eruption from a row of craters...
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Easy
The largest lake on the peninsula, 9.1 sq. km and 97 m deep, in a depression between the Brennisteinsfjöll...