A wide, open grassy field at the foot of hyaloclastite ridges. Remains of two small farms illustrate an old...
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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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A group of vigorous mud pools and steam vents at Reykjanes. They change with time. The group partly formed...
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A spit next to the town of Grindavík. It was formed during an eruption from a row of craters...
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A rocky inlet adjacent to the old hamlet of Hafnir with its newly excavated pre-settlement ruins of a Norse...
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Remains of the oldest occupation on the peninsula, dated to the 9th century. It is possible that the ruins,...