Herdísarvík
Herdísarvík () is a small bay and abandoned farm by the same name at the south coast of Reykjanes in Iceland. Name The name means "bay of Herdís", a common Icelandic women's name, in this case the name of a folk tale figure from the region (see: Stóra-Eldborg undir Geitahlíð, Stóra-Eldborg). Location and access The small bay Herdísarvík (Gullbringusýsla) with the remains of the farm and the former house of Einar Benediktsson is situated actually at the foot of ''Herdísarvíkurfjall'' . The lava covering the land, ''Herdísarvíkurhraun'' (actually 3 lava flows, partially covering each other), came down from this volcanic mountain in the form of Lava, lava falls. They had their origin in different craters of the Brennisteinsfjöll volcanic system. Today, there is Route 427 (Iceland), Route 427 passing by at a small distance, but the area was for a long time very remote. Access was only possible on foot, on horseback or by small boats, the lava building a.o. reef ...
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Brennisteinsfjöll
Brennisteinsfjöll (, "Sulfur mountains"
Brennisteinsfjöll. Detailed description. In: Catalogue of Icelandic Volcanoes. Retrieved 27 July 2020) is a minor Volcanism of Iceland, volcanic system, with Crater Row, crater rows and small shield volcanoes on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland.

Geography

The mountain range is located at about from Reykjavík as well as Hafnarfjörður and to the south of the cities on the Reykjanes peninsula of Southwest Iceland. Brennisteinfjöll is not high. The highest mountain is Vífilsfell with 655 m.

Geology

Position within Iceland’s volcano-tectonic environment

In Iceland there are about 32 volcanic systems. Volcanic system means a volcano-tectonic fissure system and – very often a bigger volcano, a so-called central vo ...
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