Námaskard
| Námaskard | |||
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 Námaskard |
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| Compass direction | east | west | |
| Pass height | 410 m | ||
| region | Norðurland eystra | ||
| Valley locations | Mývatnsöræfi | Reykjahlíð | |
| expansion | Pass road | ||
| Map (Norðurland eystra) | |||
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 38 '49 " N , 16 ° 49' 10" W | ||
The pass Námaskarð ( Isl. Náma "mine", skarð "pass") is located in the north of Iceland at the lake Mývatn . It cuts into the mountain Námafjall and is 410 m high.
Surname
The name comes from the sulfur production that took place here until the middle of the 19th century . The sulfur was shipped from Húsavík .
Road link
The Námaskarð is developed and paved. The ring road 
leads over it, because it is on the way between Mývatn and Egilsstaðir , about 5 km from Reykjahlíð .
From the serpentines leading from Reykjahlíð to the top of the pass (about 100 m) you can overlook the Mývatn and see the volcanically still active and steaming crater rows of the "Jarðbaðshólar". Behind it the lagoon "Jarðböðin" is steaming.
Hverarond high temperature area
On the east side of the pass road you pass on the way to Egilsstaðir first through the lava field Búrfellshraun and then the wasteland Mývatnsöræfi .
To the right below the mountain Námafjall, however, there is an active and constantly changing field of hot springs called “Hverarönd” (also “Hverir”), sometimes also called “Námaskarð” like the top of the pass. It is part of the Krafla volcanic system , like the mountain and the other forms of active volcanism in the area .
The area is characterized by a variety of different thermal springs , boiling mud pools and mud pots, as well as fumaroles and solfataras . The central volcano Krafla is located about eight kilometers to the north .
See also
literature
- Fritz Rillmann: The solfatar area on the Námaskard . in: Geographica Helvetica 18 (1963), pp. 90-94 ( digitized version ).
