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Fagradalsfjall
Volcanic systems & fissure zones

Reykjanes Peninsula

Fagradalsfjall

A volcanic system on Reykjanes, with landscapes shaped by recent lava flows.

Fagri dalur means “beautiful valley”; fjall is mountain: the mountain of the beautiful valley.

Volcanic geology illustration; not a live hazard or road-access map.

Explore Icelandic volcanoes
Original aurora photograph by Yiran Ding with a snowy Icelandic mountain and a lone figure

Aurora

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Volcanoes

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Current activity and access are not verified live

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Original winter waterfall photograph in Iceland by Yiran Ding

Waterfalls

3 places documented
Original photograph by Yiran Ding of a geothermal bathing lagoon in Iceland

Hot springs

10 places documented

Hiking

10 routes documented
An author-supplied Reykjavík night street photograph; not evidence of a story location

Haunted Places in Iceland