Iceland Travel 2019 (14) - West of Snæfellsnes Peninsula

Changde Wu    2019-09-12

This page is about the travel notes of west tip of Snæfellsnes Peninsula, including Snæfellsjökull National Park, Djúpalónssandur, Londrangar, Hellnar and Armarstapi. The area in and east of Grundarfjörður will be in a separate chapter.

(1) Northern and Western Region

P1 Snæfellsjökull viewed from NE

P2 A scene near Ólafsvík

P3 Snæfellsjökull viewed from Sjominjasafn Maritime musuem at Hellissandur

P4 Londrangar in the evening

P5 Sunset at the mountain ridge crest in Rt.54

P6 Snæfellsjökull at the sunset from the mountain ridge crest in Rt.54

P7 The sunset at the sea from the mountain ridge crest in Rt.54

P8 Saxholl Crater, a volcano erupted 3-4000 years ago

(2) Djúpalónssandur

P9 Djúpalónssandur beach

P10 Snæfellsjökull viewed from Djúpalónssandur beach

P11 Snæfellsjökull viewed from a window in Djúpalónssandur beach

P12 Snæfellsjökull viewed from Djúpalónssandur beach

(3) Hellnar and Armarstapi area

P13 Coast cliffs at Hellnar

P14 An arch at Hellnar

P15 Mt. Stapafell

P16 Coast cliffs at Armarstapi

P17 A whole in a rock at Armarstapi

P18 Double arches at Armarstapi

P19

P20 Sleeping Basalt columns

P21

P22 Another hole at Armarstapi

P23

P24 Mt. Stapafell

(4) Snæfellsjökull from the air

P25 Snæfellsjökull from the taking off airplace from Keflavík International Airport at Reykjavík

Iceland Travel 2019 (13) - Raueisandur Beach and Latrabjarg of Southern West Fjords

Iceland Travel 2019 (15) - East of Snæfellsnes Peninsula