Dettifoss – a waterfall of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, in Jökulsárgljúfur canyon (which is a separated part of Vatnajökull National Park), the largenrst (volume discharge: 193 m³/s) one in Iceland, the second (after the Rhine Falls in Switzerland) most powerful in Europe. Located on Diamond Circle route in Northeastern Region of Iceland. It is 44 m high and 100 m wide. few hundred meters upstream there is broad waterfall Selfoss (11 m high).
Dettifoss is featured in movies: Prometheus (2012) – opening scene – and in Oblivion (2013).
Ξ Vatnajökull National Park website
September 19, 2018
See also:
Jökulsárgljúfur: Glacial River Canyon | Réttarfoss