Fjaðrárgljúfur
Coordinates: 63 ° 46 ′ 17 ″ N , 18 ° 10 ′ 19 ″ W.
Fjaðrárgljúfur (from the river name Fjaðrá and Icelandic Gljúfur "Canyon") is a canyon in the south of Iceland , about eight kilometers west of Kirkjubæjarklaustur .
It can be reached via the F206 road. The gorge is up to 100 meters deep in some places and has a length of about two kilometers. The gorge was created by the power of the flowing water, which came from the glaciers and paved its way through the palagonite rock and dug deeper and deeper over the millennia. The eponymous river Fjaðrá flows through it . The gorge is under nature protection.
See also
Web links
Commons : Fjaðrárgljúfur - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Description on EnjoyIsland.is (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Íslandshandbókin. 2. bindi. 1989, p. 695
- ↑ cf. Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed: October 17, 2010
