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Þingvellir National Park rift valley. The Golden Circle (Icelandic: Gullni hringurinn [ˈkʏtlnɪ ˈr̥iŋkʏrɪn]) is a tourist route in southern Iceland, covering about 300 kilometres (190 mi) looping from Reykjavík into the southern uplands of Iceland and back. It is the area that contains most tours and travel-related activities in Iceland.
Dettifoss Waterfall is one of the most popular attractions on the Diamond Circle in North Iceland. The Diamond Circle (Icelandic: Demantshringurinn [ˈtɛːman(t)sˌr̥iŋkʏrɪn]) is a popular tourist route around Húsavík and Lake Mývatn in North Iceland. [1] The route is fully paved and easily accessible during the summer.
Kerið (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcʰɛːrɪθ]; also Kerith or Kerid) is a volcanic crater lake located in the Grímsnes area in south Iceland, along the Golden Circle.It is one of several crater lakes in the area, known as Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone, which includes the Reykjanes peninsula and the Langjökull Glacier, created as the land moved over a localized hotspot, but it is the ...
Route 1 or the Ring Road (Icelandic: Þjóðvegur 1 or Hringvegur pronounced [ˈr̥iŋkˌvɛːɣʏr̥] ⓘ) is a national road in Iceland that circles the entire country. As a major trunk route, it is considered to be the most important piece of transport infrastructure in Iceland as it connects the majority of towns together in the most densely populated areas of the country.
Laugavegur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlœyːɣaˌvɛːɣʏr̥]) is a hiking trail in South Iceland. [1][2][3][4] It is the most popular trail in Iceland, with an estimated 75,000-100,000 people hiking it every year. [5][6] In 2012, National Geographic listed it as one of the twenty best trails in the world. [7]
Map showing the extent of the park. Þingvellir National Park is popular with tourists and is one of the three key attractions within the famous Golden Circle. [17] There is a visitor centre, where visitors can obtain an interpretation of the history and nature of Þingvellir. [18] There is an information centre near the camping grounds. [19]
751,345 km 2 (290,096 sq mi) Iceland is an island country at the confluence of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, east of Greenland and immediately south of the Arctic Circle, atop the constructive boundary of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The island country is the world's 18th largest in area and one most sparsely populated.
Surtsey. Vestmannaeyjar. 2008. 1267; ix (natural) Surtsey is a volcanic island that formed in a series of eruptions from 1963 to 1967, around 32 kilometres (20 mi) off the south coast of Iceland. Since 1964, it has served as a site to study colonisation from founder populations that arrived from outside.