Tag: Hverfjall

  • Shower in the middle of nowhere lava

    Shower in the middle of nowhere lava

    There are many unique and extraordinary places in Mývatnsveit that attract tourists. Places like Skútustaðagígar, Jarðböðin or Hverfjall. And there is also a shower that suddenly appears in the open space on the road to Krafla and nobody knows where it came from. “This is not a Dimmuborgir attraction, but more and more people are…

  • Volcanic alphabet – H for Hverfjall

    Volcanic alphabet – H for Hverfjall

    Hverfjall is an extinct volcano. Its last eruption was about 2,500 years ago. It looks like a black sand goby made by a giant’s child, who then scooped up sand from the inside, and finally made a small mound at the bottom of this hole. The volcano rises to a height of 420 meters above…