Systrafoss (, "sisters' waterfall") is a waterfall in Iceland, found at

Kirkjubæjarklaustur Kirkjubæjarklaustur ( Icelandic for "church farm cloister", pronounced ; often referred to locally as just Klaustur) is a village in the south of Iceland on the hringvegur (road no. 1 or Ring Road) between Vík í Mýrdal and Höfn. It is pa ...

Skaftárhreppur Skaftárhreppur () is a municipality in southern Iceland. The largest settlement is Kirkjubæjarklaustur Kirkjubæjarklaustur ( Icelandic for "church farm cloister", pronounced ; often referred to locally as just Klaustur) is a village in the ...

in the

Suðurland Southern Region ( , ) is a 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 an ...

region.

Geography

The waterfall is part of the river Fossá, which runs south from its source Systravatn. To the south of Systrafoss runs the glacial river

Skaftá The Skaftá () is a river in South Iceland. It is primarily glacial in origin and has had its course modified by volcanic activity; as a result of both, it often floods because of glacial melting. Course The river's primary source is two subglac ...

Name

Both the waterfall and Systravatn take their name from the sisters of the nearby

Kirkjubæjar Abbey Kirkjubæjar Abbey (Icelandic: ''Kirkjubæjarklaustur''), in operation from 1186 until the Icelandic Reformation, was a monastery in Iceland of nuns of the Order of St. Benedict. It was located at Kirkjubæjarklaustur. Iceland had nine religious co ...

Sources

* Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: ''Island''. 3rd edn. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, , p. 346f. * Borowski, Birgit (ed.): Lonely Planet Publications Ltd. Melbourne: ''Island''. 3rd German edn, Sept. 2013, , p. 285

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External links

Systrafoss - video at Youtube
Waterfalls of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub

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