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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2_Brennisteinsfjöll_2
length more
difficulty Hard
Brennisteinsfjöll
A large cluster of late Ice Age hyaloclastite mountains, including a prominent lava shield (Kistufell), lined with Holocene but...
3_Djúpavatn4_Þráinn-vefur
length 5 km km
difficulty Average
Djúpavatn / Spákonuvatn / Grænavatn
Three lakes in the hylaoclastite Ice Age ridges Vesturháls and Sveifluháls, containing groundwater. Djúpavatn is partly a crater lake,...
7_Trölladyngja og Grænadyngja
length 9 km
difficulty Average
Grænadyngja / Trölladyngja
Steep hyaloclastite mountains west of Sog - geosite. Geothermal sites and younger volcanic fissures border them, associated with various...
16_Lambafellsgjá
length 3 km
difficulty Easy
Lambafellsgjá
Lambafell probably stems from the second last glacial period. Tensional fractures cut through it. One opens up in the...
12_Hrútagjá-1
length 4 km
difficulty Average
Hrútagjárdyngja
A lava shield, 6,000 to 6,500 years old, plus a lava flow, 80-100 sq. km, has a volume of...
41_Sogasel_hd
difficulty Easy
Sogasel
Ruins of a shieling (a hut used during the pasture period for the sheep) close to Grænadyngja and Sog....