Natural features
Geysir and Strokkur
Bláskógabyggð
The geothermal area of Haukadalur, where the original Geysir, which gave its name to all geysers, now rarely erupts.
Natural features in Iceland
Natural features
Gullfoss
Bláskógabyggð
Iceland's most famous waterfall, the 'golden falls', where the Hvítá river plunges 32 m in two stages into a deep canyon.
Natural features
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
Hornafjörður
A lagoon at the foot of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier filled with icebergs that break off and drift slowly towards the sea, with seals swimming amon…
Natural features
Lake Mývatn and Námafjall
Laugar, Þingeyjarsveit
A volcanic lake in north Iceland surrounded by craters, lava formations and geothermal areas.
Natural features
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach
Mýrdalshreppur
A black volcanic sand beach near Vík, with towering basalt columns forming a cave and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks offshore, said to be trolls turned…
Natural features
Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss
Rangárþing eystra
Two of Iceland's most beautiful waterfalls on the south coast.
Natural features
Snæfellsnes Peninsula and Kirkjufell
Grundarfjörður
A peninsula in west Iceland, often called 'Iceland in miniature', with the glacier-capped volcano Snæfellsjökull, black and golden beaches, lava fiel…
Natural features
Þingvellir National Park
Bláskógabyggð
A rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are pulling apart, and where Iceland's parliament, the Alþingi, met in the open a…