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The term for the "Golden Circle" was a marketing tactic developed by the Icelandic Tourism board to improve travel. [ 2 ] The three primary stops on the route are the Þingvellir National Park , the Gullfoss waterfall, and the geothermal area in Haukadalur , which contains the geysers Geysir and Strokkur, which erupts every 10-15 minutes. [ 3 ]
Descriptions of the Great Geysir and Strokkur have been given in many travel guides to Iceland published from the 18th century onwards. Together with Þingvellir and the Gullfoss waterfall, they are part of the Golden Circle , the most famous tourist route in the country.
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]
Golden Circle may refer to: Golden Circle (Iceland), Icelandic tourist route; Golden Circle (company), Australian food processor; Golden Circle Air, U.S. aviation manufacturer; Golden Circle, the proposal by the U.S. secret society the Knights of the Golden Circle to expand the slave-owning territories of the U.S. by annexing other territories
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Kerið is the northernmost of four craters situated along an 800-meter fissure called the Tjarnarhólar [ˈtʰja(r)tnarˌhouːlar̥] row. [2] It was formed through explosive volcanic activity (classified as a maar) and is elliptical, measuring approximately 55 m (180 ft) deep, 170 m (560 ft) wide, and 270 m (890 ft) across.
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Gullfoss in August 2013 The falls in winter. The Hvítá river flows southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the west and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 metres or 36 feet, and 21 metres or 69 feet) [1] into a crevice 32 metres (105 ft) deep.