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Places to visit on the Snæfellsnes peninsula

Kirkjufell, Arnarstapi, black beaches and the Snæfellsjökull glacier.

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ArnarstapiSnæfellsnes · VillageArnarstapiArnarstapi, also called Stapi, is a small fishing village and harbour on the south coast of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, known for its basalt .BerserkjahraunSnæfellsnes · Lava fieldBerserkjahraunBerserkjahraun is a roughly 4,000-year-old lava field on the north side of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, covered in thick, soft moss and named .
Snæfellsnes · WaterfallBjarnarfossBjarnarfoss is an 80-metre waterfall that drops in two tiers off a basalt cliff below Mælifell mountain, just above the historic settlement .
BúðirSnæfellsnes · ChurchBúðirBúðir is a tiny hamlet on the south side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland, built around a black wooden church, a country hotel a.DjúpalónssandurSnæfellsnes · BeachDjúpalónssandurDjúpalónssandur is a black pebble beach on the south coast of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, inside Snæfellsjökull National Park, known for dram.GerðubergSnæfellsnes · CliffsGerðubergGerðuberg is a wall of regular basalt columns, about 7–14 metres high, on the south side of the Snæfellsnes peninsula beside Route 54.GrundarfjörðurSnæfellsnes · VillageGrundarfjörðurGrundarfjörður is a fishing village of about 900 people on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, best known as the b.GrundarfossSnæfellsnes · WaterfallGrundarfossGrundarfoss is a waterfall of about 70 metres on the Grundará river, just east of Grundarfjörður on the Snæfellsnes peninsula.HelgafellSnæfellsnes · MountainHelgafellHelgafell is a low basalt hill, 73 metres high, just south of Stykkishólmur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, around 165 km (about 2 hours 10 mi.HellissandurSnæfellsnes · VillageHellissandurHellissandur is a small fishing village at the western end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, known as the street art capital of Iceland for its .HellnarSnæfellsnes · VillageHellnarHellnar is a small former fishing village on the south coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, about 193 km (around 2.5 hours) from Reykjavík an.KirkjufellSnæfellsnes · MountainKirkjufellKirkjufell ("Church Mountain") is a 463-metre, cone-shaped mountain on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, right next to the small.LandbrotalaugSnæfellsnes · Hot springLandbrotalaugLandbrotalaug is a small, natural geothermal hot spring on the eastern Snæfellsnes Peninsula in West Iceland, about 115–120 km (around 1 hou.LóndrangarSnæfellsnes · CliffsLóndrangarLóndrangar is a pair of basalt sea stacks on the south coast of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, inside Snæfellsjökull National Park in West Icela.RauðfeldsgjáSnæfellsnes · CanyonRauðfeldsgjáRauðfeldsgjá is a narrow gorge, often called Rauðfeldsgjá canyon, cut into the side of Botnsfjall mountain near Arnarstapi on the Snæfellsne.SelvallafossSnæfellsnes · WaterfallSelvallafossSelvallafoss, also called the Sheep's Waterfall, is a small, little-known waterfall on the stream Fossá, below the Vatnaleið rest area on Ro.SkarðsvíkSnæfellsnes · BeachSkarðsvíkSkarðsvík is a small cove with pale golden sand on the far western tip of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, inside Snæfellsjökull National Park, a .SnæfellsjökullSnæfellsnes · GlacierSnæfellsjökullSnæfellsjökull is a 1,446-metre glacier-capped stratovolcano at the western tip of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, the centrepiece of Snæfellsjök.Snæfellsjökull National ParkSnæfellsnes · National parkSnæfellsjökull National ParkSnæfellsjökull National Park covers about 170 square kilometres at the western tip of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, centred on .StykkishólmurSnæfellsnes · TownStykkishólmurStykkishólmur is a fishing town of about 1,100 people on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, about 170–175 km (aro.SvörtuloftSnæfellsnes · CliffsSvörtuloftSvörtuloft is a 4 km stretch of black lava cliffs on the westernmost point of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, marked by the small orange Svörtulo.SvöðufossSnæfellsnes · WaterfallSvöðufossSvöðufoss is a waterfall on the Hólmkelsá river in the western part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, just off Route 574 between Ólafsvík and Ri.VatnshellirSnæfellsnes · Lava caveVatnshellirVatnshellir is a lava tube about 8,000 years old in Snæfellsjökull National Park, on the Snæfellsnes peninsula.Ytri TungaSnæfellsnes · BeachYtri TungaYtri Tunga beach is a small golden-sand beach on the south side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, known for its seal colony: wild harbour and gr.ÓlafsvíkSnæfellsnes · TownÓlafsvíkÓlafsvík is a small fishing town of around 1,100 people on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, about 187 km (around 2.5 hours) fro.