Landmannalaugar

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Landmannalaugar [ ˈlantmanˑaˌløyˑɣar ] is an area near the Hekla volcano in southwest Iceland . It is located in the municipality of Rangárþing ytra , 180 km east of Reykjavík .

Surname

The name, German for the warm springs of the people of the country (sveit) , is explained on the one hand from the hot and cold springs on site, on the other hand from the fact that it is the high pastures of the people from the Landssveit district (namely Landmannaafréttur ).

Volcanism

The protected area is considered to be one of the most beautiful on the island, thanks to the numerous volcanic phenomena and the very colorful mountains.

These are effects of the vicinity of an active central volcano, the Torfajökull . Gray-blue Pechstein is the volcano Bláhnjúkur . Reddish-brown slopes ( rhyolite rock or quartz trachyte ) can be found on the Brennisteinsalda volcano , which in parts also show gray, bluish and white colors due to sulfur and lime precipitation . Green moss and white remains of snow, which are present even in midsummer, add additional color accents. A black, shiny obsidian lava field , the Laugahraun , extends from the solfataras on the Brennisteinsalda to the river, where a hut of the Icelandic Trekking Association stands and where you can bathe in a steaming stream.

Hiking opportunities

In the vicinity of Landmannalaugar lies the delightful Frostastaðavatn lake , up to which one can hike on marked trails. Other paths lead from there to Landmannahellir or the Ljótipollur crater . The Laugavegur trekking path is famous and leads from here via Þórsmörk to Skógar on the coast. Further hikes lead on partly steep, marked and exposed paths to the panoramic mountain Bláhnjúkur .

A marked, relatively easy to walk circular route leads along its foot through the Grænagil gorge , to the Laugahraun lava field and past the fumaroles and mud pots at the Brennisteinsalda volcano over the Laugavegur back to Landmannalaugar. A more demanding circular hike leads from the hut in Landmannalaugar, over the Litla Brandsgil gorge , the Skalli mountain and past the Brennisteinsalda back to Landmannalaugar.

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Panorama Landmannalaugar
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Road to Landmannalaugar
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360 ° image of the Laugarhraun lava field with the Suðurnámur in the center of the picture

  • View from the Brennisteinsalda

  • Landmannalaugar

  • Hot spring in Landmannalaugar in the morning mist

  • View over the Laugahraun lava field to the Brennisteinsalda volcano

  • Suðurbarmur near Landmannalaugar, from the direction of Frostastaðavatn

  • Part of the Laugavegur or the circular route around the Laugahraun lava field (right in the picture), in front the pinnacles of the Suðurbarmur

See also

Web links

Landmannalaugar in summer

Photos and videos

Commons : Landmannalaugar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Tours

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. z. BHU Schmid: Dictionary Icelandic-German . Hamburg (Buske) 2001, p. 139.
  2. ↑ cf. Íslandshandbókin. 2. bindi. 1989, p. 945 f.
  3. ↑ Chr. Handl, G. Schießl: Iceland. Rother hiking guide. Munich, 1997, p. 36 f.

Coordinates: 63 ° 59 ′ 19 ″  N , 19 ° 3 ′ 50 ″  W.