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Reynisdrangar (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈreiːnɪsˌtrauŋkar̥]) are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall [ˈreiːnɪsˌfjatl̥] near the village Vík í Mýrdal in southern Iceland. It is framed by a black sand beach [1] that was ranked in 1991 as one of the ten most beautiful non-tropical beaches in the world. [2]
Vík í Mýrdal is the warmest place in Iceland, with an annual mean temperature of 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). [15] Like most of coastal Iceland, Vík í Mýrdal has a subpolar oceanic climate (Koppen Cfc) with cold but not severe winters, and cool, short summers. Its winters are among the warmest in Iceland, with an average winter day having a ...
Black sand on a beach in Southern Iceland Closeup of black sand from a beach in Maui, Hawaii Black sand beach in Waianapanapa Park, Hawaii Black sand and icebergs on a beach in Iceland. Black sand is sand that is black in color. One type of black sand is a heavy, glossy, partly magnetic mixture of usually fine sands containing minerals such as ...
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The first settlers arrived in Iceland around AD 870, when the edge of the tongue of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier was about 20 km (12 mi) further north of its present location. During the Little Ice Age between 1600 and 1900, with lower temperatures prevailing in these latitudes, the glacier had grown by up to about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the coast ...
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The Black Sand Beaches of Hafnarskeid, east of town; Basaltic seacliffs and cliff arches, west of town; The Lava Tunnel of Raufarhólshellir (1,5 km) Arnarker Lava Tube (0,5 km) Stori Meitill Crater (one of the biggest in the southwest of Iceland) Hnúkar Volcanic Dwarf Cones of Selvogsheidi shiled volcano
Surtsey, part of the Westman Islands archipelago is the southernmost point of the country of Iceland. The view from Dyrhólaey is broad: To the north is to be seen the big glacier Mýrdalsjökull . To the east, the black lava columns of the Reynisdrangar come out of the sea, and to the west the whole coastline in the direction of Selfoss is ...