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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14_Katlahraun
length 2 km
difficulty Easy
Katlahraun
Hornitos in the Hrútagjá lava shield flow. Hornitos usually form due to powerful degassing at crater edges. These ones,...
7_Trölladyngja og Grænadyngja
length 9 km
difficulty Average
Grænadyngja / Trölladyngja
Steep hyaloclastite mountains west of Sog - geosite. Geothermal sites and younger volcanic fissures border them, associated with various...
41_Sogasel_hd
difficulty Easy
Sogasel
Ruins of a shieling (a hut used during the pasture period for the sheep) close to Grænadyngja and Sog....
10_Hrafnagjá
length 1 km
difficulty Easy
Hrafnagjá
The normal fault and tension fracture, Hrafnagjá, is the longest of its kind at the Reykjanes Peninsula, 12 km...
46_Drykkjarsteinn pano1j
length 1 km
difficulty Easy
Drykkjarsteinn
A large rock at the old track between Krýsuvík and Grindavík, The Rock of Drinks. It has three holes,...
52_Staðarborg_GunnarFreyr (3)
length 3 km
difficulty Easy
Staðarborg
An isolated sheep shelter. It is rounded but without a roof, over 2 m high, 8 m in diameter,...