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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53_Vigdisarvellir
difficulty Easy
Vigdísarvellir
A wide, open grassy field at the foot of hyaloclastite ridges. Remains of two small farms illustrate an old...
38_Patterson flugvöllur
difficulty Easy
Patterson Flugvöllur
Undir gömlum flugvelli er að finna þjappað sjávarset með lítið steingerðum skeljum. Algengasta tegundin er sandmiga (smyslingur), 20.000 -...
22_Stampar
difficulty Easy
Stampar
Tvær samsíða gossprungur með fjölda gjall- og klepragíga á Reykjanesi, nálægt Reykjanesvirkjun. Eldri gígarnir og hraun eru 1.800 til...
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....
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...
44_Þorbjarnarfell2_Þráinn-vefur
length 2 km
difficulty Average
Þorbjarnarfell
Stakt móbergsfjall (243 m.y.s) norður af Grindavík. Misgengi þvera það og mynda grunnan sigdal. Hluti hans kallast Þjófagjá eftir...