Dynjandi (, also known as Fjallfoss ) is a
waterfall
A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge
of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
located in
Arnarfjörður
() is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. "" is the genitive case of "" (), the name of the first settler of the fjord.
Description
The fjord is long and wide, and is oriented NW/SE. It branches into two main bays, each contai ...
in the
Westfjords
The Westfjords or West Fjords (, ) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of I ...
region of
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. It is the largest waterfall in the Westfjords and has a total height of . Below it are five other waterfalls: Háifoss, Úðafoss, Göngufoss, Hundafoss and Bæjarfoss.
Dynjandi and other waterfalls in Dynjandisá and their surroundings were protected as natural monuments in 1981.
is a mountain pass over the falls that contains the first-built car-accessible road to
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland.
The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...
.
Photos
Dynjandi Iceland.jpg
Dynjandi Iceland_2.jpg
Río Dynjandisá, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 161-163 HDR.JPG
Cascada Dynjandi, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 142-144 HDR.JPG
Cascada Dynjandi, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 130-132 HDR.JPG
See also
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List of waterfalls
This list of notable waterfalls of the world is sorted by continent, then country, then province, state or territory. A waterfall is included if it is at least tall and has an existing Wikipedia article, or it is considered historically sig ...
References
Waterfalls of Iceland
Westfjords
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