Fjallabaksleið nyrðri

Main road F208 in the highlands of Iceland
Fjallabaksleið nyrðri
Basic data
Operator:	Vegagerðin
Start of the street:	Skaftártunguvegur ( 63 ° 46 ′  N , 18 ° 29 ′  W )
End of street:	Sprengisandsleið ( 64 ° 13 ′  N , 19 ° 9 ′  W )
Overall length:	85.41 km
Region (landsvæði) :	Southurland
Fjallabaksleið nyrðri at Frostastaðavatn
Course of the road Búlandsvegur Skaftártunguvegur Syðri Ófæra Álftavatnskrókur , → Fjallabaksleið syðri Ford Strangakvísl Eldgjárvegur , Eldgjá Langisjór 2 fords 3 fords ford ford ford Kirjufellsós ford Jökulgilskvísl Landmannalaugavegur , Landmannalaugar Landmannaleið Ljótipollur Sigoldufoss Tungnaá Sprengisandsleið  Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Fjallabaksleið nyrðri is a main road in the highlands in the south of Iceland .

The Skaftártunguvegur branches off between Kirkjubæjarklaustur and Vík í Mýrdal to the north from the ring road and after 16 km merges into Fjallabaksleið nyrðri. The name means Northern Way Behind the Mountains in Icelandic . There is also a Fjallabaksleið syðri ( Southern ... ) . The mountains are the Mýrdalsjökull and the Torfajökull . This path leads to the Eldgjá , the Langisjór lake , Landmannalaugar and the Ljótipollur explosion crater . The first 56 km to Landmannalaugar this way is a highland road with many bodies of water that have to be crossed. The further course to the north is a normal road and from the bridges of the Tungnaá it is even paved. When the bridge of the ring road over the Múlakvísl was destroyed in a glacier run in 2011 , the Fjallabaksleið nyrðri was the only alternative route until a temporary bridge could be built within 100 hours.

As for all Fjallvegir , these roads are closed in winter. The / is divided into three sections, the individual parts of which were released between June 9th and July 17th in recent years.

See also

• List of highland roads in Iceland

Web links

Commons : Road F208 (Iceland)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vegaskrá 2018 - kaflaskipt. Retrieved July 28, 2019 (Icelandic). 
2. ↑ Opnun_fjallvega_is_2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019 (Icelandic).