Hljóðaklettar: the Echoing Rocks

On September 26, 2018July 7, 2022 By Agata 40thousandkmIn Here and ThereLeave a comment

Hljóðaklettar / Hljodaklettar (known also as The Echoing Rocks / The Sound Cliffs / The Cliffs of Sounds) is a group of crater plugs, with basaltic columns, wich fantastical shapes were formed by glacier flooding and river Jökulsá á Fjöllum. It is believed that the sound of running river could be heard here.

Hljóðaklettar is located on Diamond Circle route in Northeastern Region of Iceland. It lies in Jökulsárgljúfur protected area, which is a separated part of the Vatnajökull National Park.

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Hljóðaklettar

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Ásbyrgi and Jökulsá á Fjöllum

On September 26, 2018October 29, 2022 By Agata 40thousandkmIn Here and ThereLeave a comment

The horseshoe-shaped (“Sleipnir’s footprint”) glacial canyon Ásbyrgi, located on Diamond Circle route in Northeastern Region of Iceland. Divided by rock formation Eyjan (Island). With cliffs up to 100 m high, forest and small lake Botnstjörn. Formed in the Ice Age most likely as a result of glacial flooding of river Jökulsá á Fjöllum (which has changed its course). Legend has it, the canyon is a foorprint of Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged horse.

Ásbyrgi canyon lies in Jökulsárgljúfur protected area, which is a separated part of the Vatnajökull National Park.

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Ásbyrgi

Ásbyrgi: Botnstjörn lake

Ásbyrgi: Eyjan

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Jökulsárgljúfur: Glacial River Canyon

On September 26, 2018July 7, 2022 By Agata 40thousandkmIn Here and There1 Comment

Jökulsárgljúfur – Glacial River Canyon – the canyon of Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, one of the most spectacular and deepest (up tp 120 m) canyons in Iceland. It is 25 km long, 500 m wide.
With waterfalls: Selfoss, Dettifoss, Hafragilsfoss and Réttarfoss. It is located on Diamond Circle route in Northeastern Region of Iceland.

The source of river Jökulsá á Fjöllum (Glacial River in the Mountains) is in Vatnajökull glacier, in the area of the subglacial volcano Bárdarbunga. This second longest (206 km) river in the country flows into the Greenland Sea (Öxarfjörður fjord).

Jökulsárgljúfur is a separated part of Vatnajökull National Park, with many popular destinations: