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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A symbolic footbridge, The Bridge Between Continents, spans a wide tension crack that opened up due to the divergent...
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Easy
A wide, open grassy field at the foot of hyaloclastite ridges. Remains of two small farms illustrate an old...
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Easy
A large flat area that represents the oldest part of the Reykjanes peninsula. The topmost bedrock is heavily eroded...
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1 km
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Average
High hyaloclastite cliffs form the summit of Mt. Þorbjarnarfell close to Grindavík town. Thieves, captured in the area, were...
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5 km km
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Average
Three lakes in the hylaoclastite Ice Age ridges Vesturháls and Sveifluháls, containing groundwater. Djúpavatn is partly a crater lake,...