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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Remains of human activities in the Eldvörp lava flow; three paths represent old trading and communication routes and ruins...
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A symbolic footbridge, The Bridge Between Continents, spans a wide tension crack that opened up due to the divergent...
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The normal fault and tension fracture, Hrafnagjá, is the longest of its kind at the Reykjanes Peninsula, 12 km...
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Two parallel volcanic fissures on Reykjanes. Both are lined with numerous craters. The older row is 1,800 to 2,000...
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The Patterson-airstrip was built on consolidated marine sediments with subfossil marine molluscs. The most common species is blunt gaper...