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Hengifoss () is the third highest waterfall in Iceland, 128 meters. It is located in Hengifossá in 
Hengifoss () is the third highest waterfall in Iceland, 128 meters. It is located in Hengifossá in Fljótsdalshreppur
Fljótsdalshreppur () is a municipality in Iceland. The power house of Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant is located in Fljótsdalur. The author Gunnar Gunnarsson was born in Fljótsdalur and in 1939 built a house at Skriðuklaustur designed by German ...
, East Iceland. It is surrounded by basaltic strata with thin, red layers of clay between the basaltic layers. Fossilized trunks of coniferous trees, sensitive to cold, and lignite, which depict warmer climates during the latter part of Tertiary.
Further down the Hengifossá river is Litlanesfoss
Litlanesfoss () is a waterfall in Hengifossá in Fljótsdalur, Eastern Iceland, also known as Stuðlabergsfoss . The waterfall is about 30 meters high and forms an apron in a cliff. The waterfall is in a large rock choir with an unusually regul ...
, notable for the columnar jointed volcanics around it. Hengifoss is the most popular hiking site in East Iceland with path leading from the parking lot to the falls. It takes 40–60 minutes to walk to the waterfall.
See also
*List of waterfalls in Iceland
Iceland is unusually suited for waterfalls (Icelandic: s. ''foss,'' pl. ''fossar''). This island country has a north Atlantic climate that produces frequent rain and snow and a near-Arctic location that produces large glaciers, whose summer mel ...
References
Waterfalls of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub