Fjaðrárgljúfur (, "feather river canyon") is a canyon in south east
Iceland. The Fjaðrá river flows through it.
The canyon has steep walls and winding water. It is up to deep
and about long.
It is located near
the Ring Road, not far from the village of
Kirkjubæjarklaustur.
Its origins dates back to the cold periods of the
Ice Age, about two million years ago. The canyon was created by progressive
erosion by flowing water from glaciers through the rocks and
palagonite
Palagonite is an alteration product from the interaction of water with volcanic glass of chemical composition similar to basalt. Palagonite can also result from the interaction between water and basalt melt. The water flashes to steam on contact w ...
over millennia.
A waterfall flows down the western side of the canyon, visible from an observation platform at the end of a one-mile hike up the eastern edge.
In 2018, the American alternative rock band
Twenty One Pilots filmed the music video for their single "
Jumpsuit
A jumpsuit is a one-piece garment with sleeves and legs and typically without integral coverings for feet, hands or head. The original jump suit is the functional one-piece garment used by parachuting, parachuters.
The original skydivers' j ...
" at Fjaðrárgljúfur.
In May 2019, authorities closed the canyon to visitors after it appeared in the music video for
Justin Bieber's ''
I'll Show You''. The resulting stream of visitors threatened to damage the canyon's environment.
Panorama
References
External links
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Canyons and gorges of Iceland