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Informasjon om Hengifoss

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Type
Fossefall
Sted
Hengifoss Track, Iceland
Høysesong
Summer
Familievennlig
Ja
Gjennomsnittlig rangering
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268

Hengifoss is Iceland's third highest waterfall.Photo by Regína Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir.

Hengifoss is a waterfall that runs from the river Hengifossá in the municipality of Fljótsdalshreppur in East Iceland. At 128 metres (420 feet) it is the third tallest waterfall in the country. 

The trail leading up to the waterfall is one of the most popular hiking routes in all of East Iceland, but visitors can reach the falls from the nearby parking lot by hiking for approximately 50 minutes. 

Visit this incredible waterfall while on a self drive tour in Iceland.

Geography 

The waterfall is surrounded by layers of basaltic strata. In between the basaltic layers are thin layers of red clay. Geologists have also discovered fossilised trees within the layers, evidential of much warmer periods during the tertiary period. Further down the waterfall’s river, Hengifossá, is another, smaller waterfall known as Litlanesfoss, which hikers should pass on their way from the parking lot up to Hengifoss. The river eventually runs into the famous Lake Lagarfljót, home to the mythological sea wyrm Lagarfljótsormur. 

 

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