Reykjanes () is a small
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, J ...
on the southwestern tip of the
Reykjanes Peninsula in
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...
, giving the main peninsula its name. The region is about from
Iceland's international airport.
As the name means "smoking peninsula" connected to volcanic activity, there are also other peninsulas by this name in Iceland, e.g. the peninsula of Reykjanes in
Ísafjarðardjúp
Ísafjarðardjúp () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Its name translates to ''Depth of the fjord of sea ice''.
Ísafjörður, capital of the Westfjords region, is situated close to the mouth of Ísafjarðardjúp in Skutu ...
.
References
External links
Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes - Reykjanes
Headlands of Iceland
Black sand beaches
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