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Jósepsdalur
Jósepsdalur (), also Josefsdalur , is a small valley, about 2 km long in southwestern direction, and to the east of the volcano Vífilsfell up on Hellisheiði at a distance of about 25 km from Reykjavík within Selvogshreppur municipality.Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk Fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p. 300 The Bláfjöll mountains surround the U-shaped valley.Þór Vigfússon: Í Árnesþingi vestanverðu. Ferðafélag Íslands Árbók 2003. Reykjavík 2003, p. 83 The valley is situated next to an old trail over the pass ''Ölfusskarð'' from Ölfus, the region in the south of Iceland around Hveragerði, to Reykjavík.Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, v.2, p.806 Folk tales Acc. to an old folk tale, a troll woman shall have lived in a cave in Jósepsdalur. Another folk tale explains the name of the valley: A man named Jósep lived in this valley once. He had a bad reputation for swearing and blasph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vífilsfell
Vífilsfell () is a hyaloclastite ridge in southwestern Iceland ( Weichselian). It is 655 m high and located west of Jósepsdalur valley on the volcanic plateau of Hellisheiði. It forms the northernmost offset of the Bláfjöll mountain massif and is situated on top of the fissure system of Brennisteinsfjöll. Name The name comes from one of the freed slaves of Iceland's first settler Ingólfur Arnarson. The man, called ''Vífill'', is said to have had his own farm at Vífilsstaðir, now in the vicinity of the city of Hafnarfjörður. From there – according to the Landnámabók – he went daily up to the top of Vífilsfell, some 20 km away, to look after the weather.Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk Fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p.300Snæbjörn Guðmundsson, Vegvísir um Jardfræði Íslands. Reykjavík 2015, p.50 When the weather seemed promising, he went fishing from the tip of the Seltjarnarnes peninsula near Grótta. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bláfjöll
Bláfjöll (, "blue mountains") are a small mountain range in the southwest of Iceland on Reykjanes peninsula at about 30 km from Reykjavík. They form sort of a double mountain massif to the west and in the east of JósepsdalurÞór Vigfússon: Í Árnesþingi vestanverðu. Ferðafélag Íslands Árbók 2003. Reykjavík 2003, p.83 on Hellisheiði.Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 780 Geography The mountain massif has a length of about 9 km. The western part includes Vífilsfell as well as , the eastern one reaches from to . The highest mountain is ''Hákollur'' (685 m). Geology The Bláfjöll are Pleistocene subglacial volcanoes and part of the Brennisteinsfjöll volcanic system. Winter sports The area is the most popular ski resort for the inhabitants of Iceland's Höfuðborgarsvæði, Capital City Area. The winter sports area is situated at elevations between 460 and 700 m.https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/blafjo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Reykjanes () is a small headland on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, 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 Sk .... References External links Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes - Reykjanes Headlands of Iceland Black sand beaches {{Iceland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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