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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length
4 km
difficulty
Easy
Low-rise seashore lava spits with ruins of a seasonal fishing station (for open rowing boats). The fishermen´s huts and...
length
4 km
difficulty
Average
A small, flat lava shield with a large, 20 to 25-m-deep crater. At least 9,000 years old, it was...
length
3 km
difficulty
Easy
An isolated sheep shelter. It is rounded but without a roof, over 2 m high, 8 m in diameter,...
difficulty
Easy
Ruins of a shieling (a hut used during the pasture period for the sheep) close to Grænadyngja and Sog....
length
2 km
difficulty
Easy
A free-standing, hyaloclastite mountain north of Grindavik. It is split by fault lines that create a shallow valley (graben)....