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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47_Garðskagaviti5_Þráinn-vefur
difficulty Easy
Garðskagaviti
Two lighthouses next to each other. The old one was built in 1897 and the second in 1944. Prior...
31_Festarfjall_Þráinn-vefur
difficulty Easy
Festarfjall / Hraunsvík
A hyaloclastite mountain formed during a subglacial eruption, possibly during the Weichselian glaciation. Marine erosion has opened up a...
27_Brimketill5_Þráinn-vefur
difficulty Easy
Brimketill
A small, naturally carved pool, by marine erosion, at the lava shore edge west of the town of Grindavík....
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...
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,...