Les meilleurs endroits en Islande

Outlet glacier above the Þórsmörk road. Photo: Ray Swi-hymn, CC BY-SA 2.0 Steinsholt (from steinn, "stone", and holt, a rocky hillock) is a valley and old summer pasture on the north side of Eyjafjallajökull in South Iceland, on the F249 road into Þórsmörk. The valley, Steinsholtsdalur, runs south

Merkurker is a small gorge in the foothills below Eyjafjallajökull in South Iceland, on the land of the farm Stóra-Mörk, a short detour off Road 249 on the way to Þórsmörk. Tall rock walls, moss, a w

Mýrdalsjökull ice cap from the air. Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0 Sandfellsjökull glacier is an outlet glacier on the eastern margin of Mýrdalsjökull, the ice cap that covers the Katla volcano in S

Álfakirkja ("Elf Church") is a church-shaped rock formation on Goðaland, the southern half of the Þórsmörk area in South Iceland. It stands on the south bank of the glacial river Krossá, about 1.5 km west of the Básar huts, where the F249 track runs in towards Þórsmörk. In Icelandic folklore it is a

Krossá's gravel bed in Þórsmörk. Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0 Krossá river is the glacial river that runs through the heart of Þórsmörk in South Iceland, separating the wooded ridges of Þórsmörk proper on its north bank from Goðaland and the Básar huts on its south bank. The name combines *kross*

Krossárjökull in Þórsmörk, c. 1900. Photo: Frederick W. W. Howell, public domain Krossárjökull is a small outlet glacier on the western side of Mýrdalsjökull, descending steeply into the inner end of