List of waterfalls of Iceland

Dettifoss, in Northern Iceland

Gullfoss, in Southern Iceland

Iceland is unusually suited for waterfalls. This small island country has a north Atlantic climate that produces frequent rain and snow and a near-Arctic location that produces large glaciers, whose summer melts feed many rivers. As a result, it is home to a number of large and powerful waterfalls.

North

Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfall in Iceland.
Gljúfursárfoss
Selfoss
Hafragilsfoss
Goðafoss
Aldeyjarfoss

South

Faxi or Vatnsleysufoss in Tungufljót river
Gljúfrafoss
Gjáin has many small waterfalls
Gullfoss (Golden Falls)
Háifoss (High Falls)
Hjálparfoss
Ófærufoss used to be noted for the impressive natural bridge which stood above the falls, but it collapsed in 1993.
Seljalandsfoss
Skógafoss (Forest Falls)
Svartifoss (Black Falls) is one of the many waterfalls of Skaftafell National Park
Systrafoss, in Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Þjófafoss on the Merkurhraun lava fields
Öxaráfoss, at Þingvellir National Park
Fagrifoss, near Kirkjubæjarklaustur
Morsárfoss, 227m waterfall formed from the retreat of Morsárjökull that is now Iceland's tallest.^[1]

West

Barnafossar (the Children's Falls) in Hvítá river
Glymur in the Hvalfjörður area. At 198m, it was long regarded as the tallest waterfall in Iceland until being surpassed with a new falls by Morsárjökull in 2011.
Hraunfossar (the Lava Falls) in birchwoods, a stone's throw from Barnafoss.

Westfjords

Dynjandi, sometimes called Fjallfoss.

East

Hengifoss
Litlanesfoss Surrounded by columnar basalt, it is on the way up to Hengifoss
Fardagafoss By Egilsstaðir
Gufufoss ("Steam falls") In Seyðisfjörður
Klifbrekkufossar In Mjóifjörður. A beautiful row of waterfalls

References

↑ "Iceland's Tallest Waterfall to be Named".

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