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Bláfjöll
Bláfjöll (, "blue mountains") are a small mountain range in the southwest of Iceland on Reykjanes peninsula at about 30 km from Reykjavík. They form sort of a double mountain massif to the west and in the east of JósepsdalurÞór Vigfússon: Í Árnesþingi vestanverðu. Ferðafélag Íslands Árbók 2003. Reykjavík 2003, p.83 on Hellisheiði.Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 780 Geography The mountain massif has a length of about 9 km. The western part includes Vífilsfell as well as , the eastern one reaches from to . The highest mountain is ''Hákollur'' (685 m). Geology The Bláfjöll are Pleistocene subglacial volcanoes and part of the Brennisteinsfjöll volcanic system. Winter sports The area is the most popular ski resort for the inhabitants of Iceland's Höfuðborgarsvæði, Capital City Area. The winter sports area is situated at elevations between 460 and 700 m.https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/blafjoell/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bláfjöll From Plane
Bláfjöll (, "blue mountains") are a small mountain range in the southwest of Iceland on Reykjanes peninsula at about 30 km from Reykjavík. They form sort of a double mountain massif to the west and in the east of JósepsdalurÞór Vigfússon: Í Árnesþingi vestanverðu. Ferðafélag Íslands Árbók 2003. Reykjavík 2003, p.83 on Hellisheiði.Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, p. 780 Geography The mountain massif has a length of about 9 km. The western part includes Vífilsfell as well as , the eastern one reaches from to . The highest mountain is ''Hákollur'' (685 m). Geology The Bláfjöll are Pleistocene subglacial volcanoes and part of the Brennisteinsfjöll volcanic system. Winter sports The area is the most popular ski resort for the inhabitants of Iceland's Höfuðborgarsvæði, Capital City Area. The winter sports area is situated at elevations between 460 and 700 m.https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resort/blafjoell/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldborg í Bláfjöllum
The volcanic cone of Eldborg í Bláfjöllum () is to be found at about 2 km from the skiing area in Bláfjöll, i.e. at about 25 km from Reykjavík, in Iceland.Ísland Vegaatlas. Reykjavík 2006, p.1 Scoria cones Eldborg í Bláfjöllum is a scoria cone, part of a group of three such small volcanoes. The crater group as well as the impressive lava channels and tubes nearby are products of eruptions within the Brennisteinsfjöll volcanic system around the year 1000.Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk Fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p. 260 Accessibility Route 407 (Iceland), Route 407 to the skiing area in Bláfjöll passes by the crater. Some marked hiking trails connect the cone group of Eldborgir with the bigger mountains in the vicinity and other trails, e.g. the Reykjavegur Hiking Trail. In the wintertime, cross country skiing is possible on cross-country ski-tracks in the area. Natural monument Eldborg and its surroundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vífilsfell
Vífilsfell () is a hyaloclastite ridge in southwestern Iceland (Weichselian). It is 655 m high and located west of Jósepsdalur valley on the volcanic plateau of Hellisheiði. It forms the northernmost offset of the Bláfjöll mountain massif and is situated on top of the fissure volcanism, fissure system of Brennisteinsfjöll. Name The name comes from one of the freed slaves of Iceland's first settler Ingólfur Arnarson. The man, called ''Vífill'', is said to have had his own farm at Vífilsstaðir, now in the vicinity of the city of Hafnarfjörður. From there – according to the Landnámabók – he went daily up to the top of Vífilsfell, some 20 km away, to look after the weather.Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk Fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p.300Snæbjörn Guðmundsson, Vegvísir um Jardfræði Íslands. Reykjavík 2015, p.50 When the weather seemed promising, he went fishing from the tip of the Seltjarnarnes peninsula n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 rows and small es on the in southwest |
Jósepsdalur
Jósepsdalur (), also Josefsdalur , is a small valley, about 2 km long in southwestern direction, and to the east of the volcano Vífilsfell up on Hellisheiði at a distance of about 25 km from Reykjavík within Selvogshreppur municipality.Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk Fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p. 300 The Bláfjöll mountains surround the U-shaped valley.Þór Vigfússon: Í Árnesþingi vestanverðu. Ferðafélag Íslands Árbók 2003. Reykjavík 2003, p. 83 The valley is situated next to an old trail over the pass ''Ölfusskarð'' from Ölfus, the region in the south of Iceland around Hveragerði, to Reykjavík.Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. Reykjavík 1989, v.2, p.806 Folk tales Acc. to an old folk tale, a troll woman shall have lived in a cave in Jósepsdalur. Another folk tale explains the name of the valley: A man named Jósep lived in this valley once. He had a bad reputation for swearing and blasphemy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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