Vígabjargsfoss

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Vígabjargsfoss
The Vígabjargsfoss

The Vígabjargsfoss

Coordinates 65 ° 53 '9.3 "  N , 16 ° 26' 39.1"  W Coordinates: 65 ° 53 '9.3 "  N , 16 ° 26' 39.1"  W.
Vígabjargsfoss (Iceland)
Vígabjargsfoss
place Kópasker , Reykjahlíð , Iceland
height 3 m
flow Jökulsá á FjöllumÖxarfjörður

The Vígabjargsfoss is named after a waterfall and from the height more like a rapids of the Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the northeast of Iceland .

The difference in height is 3 meters. Only upstream are waterfalls such as the Réttar , Hafragils , Detti and Selfoss . Except for the latter, they are part of the Vatnajökull National Park .

You can reach Vígabjargsfoss from the west side via Dettifossvegur (road 862) and further on via Tungnavegur (road 887).

The rock Vígabjarg is about 200 m to the east. Translated from Icelandic , this is the Bluttatfelsen.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Iceland Road Guide, 1988, p. 336
  2. Vígabjargsfoss, Vigabergsfoss. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .