Waterfalls - Fossar in north Iceland
from Hrútafjörđur to Mjóifjörđur
I have always been a bit fascinated by waterfalls, called fossar in icelandic. And therefore some names ends with foss/fossar
in icelandic, names ending with á means rivers and ending with lćkur means small river.
Here are pictures of waterfalls I have taken through the years in Iceland.
There are now three files West from Reykjavík to Hrútafjörđur, North from Hrútafjörđur to Seyđisfjörđur and
South from Mjóifjörđur to Reykjanes.
Rivers are ordered clockwise from Reykjavik. And ordered by where they enter sea or other rivers, inorder traversal.
Information provided here as is, without any warranty. Please let me know if you notice any errors.
Number of icelandic rivers/á: 347
Number of icelandic waterfalls/fossar: 471
Remaining waterfalls (I know off): 490
Photographs here are copyrighted, and can only be used for non-profit if author or origin is mentioned
like - ©Kristján Hreinsson or - ©flakkari.net.
Hrútafjarđará
Origin in Tvídćgra Arnarvatnsheiđi. Flows into Hrútafjörđ.
Vesturá
Origin in Arnarvatnsheiđi. Joins Austurá and is then called Miđfjarđará. Miđfjarđará flows into Miđfjörđ.
Bláhylur
Kollafoss
Austurá
Origin in Arnarvatn stóra. Joins Vesturá and is then called Miđfjarđará. Miđfjarđará flows into Miđfjörđ.
Kambsfoss
Fitjá
Origin in Ađalbólsheiđi. Flows into Víđidalsá.
Kerafossar
Víđidalsá
Origin in Stórisandur. Flows into Hóp. 91 km long.
Bridge
Efri-Kolufoss
Neđri-Kolufoss
Kornsá
Origin in Kornsárvatn Haukagilsheiđi. Flows into Vatnsdalsá.
Waterfall
Álftaskálará / Álka
Origin in Stórisandur. Flows into Vatnsdalsá.
Bridge
Einvígisfoss
Selkvísl
Origin in Grímstunguheiđi. Flows into Álftaskálará.
Kvígufoss
Vatnsdalsá
Origin in Grímstunguheiđi / Blöndulón. Flows into Flóđiđ and then into Húnaflói. 74 km long.
Number of waterfalls here: 5
Bridge from 1954, collapsed in august 2015
Dalfoss
Djúphylur neđri
Sjónklettshylur
Skessufoss
Stekkjarfoss
Friđmundará
Origin in Friđmundarvötn in Kjölur. Flows into Vatnsdalsá.
Waterfall
Grjótá
Origin in Sandfell. Flows into Vatnsdalsá.
Hjallaskarđ
Origin in Hjallaskarđ. Flows into Vatnsdalsá.
Hjallafoss / Gullfoss
Grundarskál-lćkur
Origin in Grundarskál. Flows into Svínadalsá.
Grundarfoss
Svínadalsá
Origin in Svínadal. Flows into Svínavatn.
Waterfall
Seyđisá
Origin in Hundavötn. Flows into Blanda.
Blanda
Origin in Blöndulón. Flows into Húnaflói at Blönduós. 125 km long.
Bridge at Blönduós from 1897, 27,5 m long
Bridge in Blöndudalur from 1951, 72 m long
Fossá Skagaheiđi
Origin in Langavatn. Flows into Húnaflói.
Skjaldbreiđarfoss at Króksbjarg - 20 m high
Ketubjargará
Origin in Vörđufell. Flows into Skagafjörđ.
Ketubjargarfoss
Grímsá
Origin in Tindastól. Flows into Laxá ín Laxárdal which flows into Skagafjörđ.
Mjólkurá
Origin in Tindastól. Flows into Skagafjörđ.
Waterfall
Vatnsskarđsá
Origin in Stóra-Vatnsskarđ. Flows into Miklavatn which flows into Skagafjörđ.
Gýgjarfoss
Húseyjarkvísl
Origin from Svartá and Mćlifellsá joining. Flows into Hérađsvötn.
Reykjafoss - 13 m high
Austari-Jökulsá
Origin in Hofsjökull. Joins Vestari-Jökulsá into Hérađsvötn at Tunguháls.
Bridge at Merkigil
Hérađsvötn
Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá joins into Hérađsvötn at Tunguháls. Flows into Skagafjörđ. 130 km long.
Vestari-Jökulsá origin in Krókafell in Hofsjökul.
Bridge at eastern part from 1977, 130 m long. Older one from 1918 70 m long.
Bridge at Grundarstokk. Old one from 1926, 131 m long. New one from 1981, 188 m long.
Bridge at western part, Vesturósinn. There was a ferry before, and a cable ferry from 1892.
Old bridge from 1926. New bridge from 1994, 100 m long.
Norđurá
Origin in Hörgárdalsheiđi. Flows into Hérađsvötn.
Bridge.
Hjaltadalsá
Origin in Hjaltadalsjökull. Flows into Kolbeinsdalsá.
Bridge from 1953, 23 m long, rebuild in 1992. New one from 1992, 43 m long.
Kolbeinsdalsá
Origin in Tungnahryggsjökull. Flows into Skagafjörđ.
Bridge from 1931, 20 m long, rebuilt in 1992. New one from 1992, 43 m long.
Ártúnsá
Origin in Deildardal. Flows into Skagafjörđ.
Hofsá
Origin in Unadal. Flows into Skagafjörđ.
Garđsá
Origin in Háls. Flows into Ólafsfjarđarvatn.
Waterfalls
Ţverá
Origin in Ţverárdal. Flows into Ólafsfjarđará.
Hreppsendaá
Origin in Hreppsendaárdalur. Flows into Ólafsfjarđará.
Ólafsfjarđará
Origin in Hádegisfjall. Flows into Ólafsfjörđ / Eyjafjörđ.
Waterfall
Reykjaá
Origin in Reykjadal. Flows into Ólafsfjarđará.
Waterfall
Kálfsárá
Origin in Hólshyrna. Flows into Ólafsfjarđará.
Waterfall
Mígindisá
Origin in Kistufjall. Flows off Ólafsfjarđarmúla into Eyjafjörđ.
Mígandi - 100 m high
Ţverá
Origin in Ţverárdal. Flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Sandá
Origin in Gimbrarhnjúkur. Flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Waterfall 1
Waterfall 2
Ţverá
Origin in Jökulhnjúkur. Flows into Skíđadalsá, which flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Holá
Origin in Holárdalur. Flows into Skíđadalsá, which flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Private. No public parking.
Syđsta-Sćluá
Origin in Kistufjall. Flows into Skíđadalsá, which flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Waterfall
Syđri-Sćluá
Origin in Kistufjall. Flows into Skíđadalsá, which flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Sćluá
Origin in Hnjúkur. Flows into Skíđadalsá, which flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Skriđutjörnsá
Origin in Skriđutjörn. Flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Waterfall
Hofsá
Origin in Hofsdal. Flows into Svarfađardalsá.
Gođafoss / Hofsárfoss
Ţorvaldsdalsá
Origin in Ţorvaldsdal. Flows into Eyjafjörđ.
Bridge
Waterfall
Reyká
Origin in Súlur. Flows into Eyjafjarđará.
Reykárfoss
Djúpadalsá
Origin in Djúpadal. Flows into Eyjafjarđará.
Hrúthagafoss
Eyjafjarđará
Origin at top of Eyjafjarđardal. Flows into Eyjafjörđ. 60 km long.
Bridge from 1923.
Bridge at Sandhólar from 1933, 27 m long.
Fossgilsá
Origin in Finnastađaheiđi. Flows into Núpá which flows into Eyjafjarđará.
Fossgilsfoss
Stóragilsá
Origin in Finnastađaheiđi. Flows into Núpá which flows into Eyjafjarđará.
Waterfall
Ţverá efri
Origin in Ţverárdalur. Flows into Eyjafjarđará.
Bridge at Brúarhvammur
Gođafoss
Ţverá
Origin in Almenningur. Flows into Eyjafjarđará.
Bridge from 1926, 15 m long. New one from 1991.
Fnjóská
Origin in Bleiksmýrardrög. Flows into Eyjafjörđur. 117 km long.
Bridge from 1968, double sided.
Bridge in Vaglaskóg from 1908, 55 m long
Skjálfandafljót
Origin in Vonarskarđ between Vatnajökull and Tungnafellsjökull. Flows into Skjálfandi. 178 km long.
Number of waterfalls here: 5
Aldeyjarfoss - around 20 m high
Bridge at road 95 in Kinn from 1935.
Bridge at Gođafoss / Fosshóll from 1882, in two parts, renewed in 1930 71 m long steel.
Current bridge with two lanes from 1972.
Bridge at Stóruvellir
Geitafoss
Gođafoss - 12 m high
Hrafnabjargafoss
Rapids below bridge / Geitafoss
Ullarfoss
Svartá
Origin in Svartárvatn. Flows into Skjálfandafljót.
Ullarfoss
Grjótá
Origin in Grćnpollamýri on Mývatnsheiđi. Flows into Svartá.
Waterfall
Reykjadalsá
Origin when Máslćkur and Austurgilsá joins. Flows into Vestmannsvatn, which ends in Laxá Ađaldal.
Bridge
Laxá Ađaldal
Origin in Mývatn. Flows into Skjálfandi. 93 km long.
Brúarfossar
Skeifá
Origin in Skarđsbrekka. Flows into Skjálfandi.
Skeifárfoss
Botnlćkur
Origin in Kvíar. Flows into Botnstjörn and then Jökulsá on Fjöllum.
Botnstjörn
Waterfall
Hólmá
Origin in Svínadalsháls. Flows into Stallá and Jökulsá on Fjöllum.
Hólmárfossar
Melbugsá
Origin in Langahlíđ. Flows into Jökulsá on Fjöllum.
Urriđafossar
Stallá
Origin in Ţúfubjarg and from Hólmsá. Flows into Jökulsá on Fjöllum.
Grafarlandaá
Origin in Grafarlönd. Flows into Jökulsá on Fjöllum.
Waterfall
Lindá
Origin in Herđubreiđarlindir. Flows into Jökulsá on Fjöllum.
Drekagil Öskju
Origin in Öskjuvatn. Flows into Jökuslá on Fjöllum.
Waterfall
Svartá
Origin around Vađalda. Flows into Jökulsá on Fjöllum. 5 km long.
Skínandi
Jökulsá Fjöllum
Origin at Dyngjujökull in Vatnajökull. Flows into Öxarfjörđur. 206 km long.
Water volume is around 220 m³/sec.
Number of waterfalls here: 8
Bridge at Ásbyrgi built in 1905 and rebuilt in 1956-7, 116 m long
Bridge at Grímsstađir built in 1947, 102 m long
Dettifoss - 44 m high, 100 m wide
Gljúfrasmiđur
Hafragilsfoss - 27 m high
Réttarfoss
Selfoss - over 10 m high
Upptyppingar
Vígabjargsfoss - mostly gone today
Below Réttarfoss the river splits, northern leg former bigger one goes by Vigabjarg,
and the southern leg now bigger one goes through Katlar
Kreppa
Origin in Brúarjökull Vatnajökul. Flows into Jökulsá on Fjöllum near Herđubreiđ
Gljúfurá
Origin in Urđarfjall. Flows into Vopnafjörđ.
Waterfall
Gilsá
Origin in Sandfell. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Waterfall
Stekkjarlćkur
Origin in Ţórfellsvatn. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Waterfall
Laugarvallaá
Origin in Sauđárdalur. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Laugarvellir
Nónhnúkur
Sauđá
Origin in Brúarjökull Vatnajökul. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Sauđárfoss
Miđ-Rjúkandi
Origin in Sandfell. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Miđ-Rjúkandi
Ysti-Rjúkandi
Origin in Sandfell. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Rjúkandafoss / Rjúkandi - 139 m high
Jökulsá Dal / Jökulsá Brú / Jökla
Origin at Brúarjökull Vatnajökul. Flows into Hérađsflói. 150 km long.
Bridge at Brú from 1931
Bridge at Brúarháls from 1994, 119 m long.
Bridge at Klaustursel / Hákonarstađabrú from 1908, 27 m long steel bridge,
small changes in 1953, painted in 2007
Hafrahvammagljúfur
Hrafnkela
Origin in Hrafnkelsdal. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Axlará
Origin in Axlarjökull Snćfell. Flows into Grjótá. Grjótá flows into Hrafnkela.
Bergskjár
Waterfalls
Hölkná
Origin in Sanddal / Snćfell. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal
Sauđá
Origin in Eyvindarfjöll. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal
Fossá Jökuldal
Origin in Klausturselsheiđi. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Stuđlafoss
Tregagilsá
Origin in Fljótsdalsheiđi. Flows into Jökulsá on Dal.
Hengifossá
Origin in Fjórđungsháls. Flows into Jökulsá in Fljótsdal.
Bridges
Hengifoss - 118 m high
Jónsfoss
Litlanesfoss / Stuđlabergsfoss
Laugará
Origin in Sanddal. Flows into Jökulsá in Fljótsdal.
Slćđufoss - Curtain waterfall near Laugarfell
Waterfall near Laugarfell
Waterfall in Sanddal
Hafursá
Origin in Sanddal. Flows into Jökulsá in Fljótsdal.
Waterfall
Jökulsá Fljótsdal / Lagarfljót
Origin in Eyjabakkajökull. Flows into Hérađsflói. 140 km long glacier river.
Lake Lögurinn is 3rd largest in Iceland 35 km long and 52 km².
Bridge - over Lagarfljót from 1904, rebuilt in 1958, 301m long,
over Jökulsá in Fljótsdal from 1951, 112m long.
Eyjabakkafoss - was 10 m high
Hrakstrandafoss
Lagarfoss - diminished because of dam built in 1975
Eyvindará
Origin in Eyvindarárdal. Flows into Lagarfljót.
Bridge in Egilsstađir
Miđhúsaá
Origin in Fjarđarheiđi. Flows into Eyvindará.
Gufufoss
Grímsá
Origin when Geitdalsá and Múlaá joins. Flows into Lagarfljót.
Múlaá
Origin in Skriđuvatn. Joins Geitdalsá into Grímsá.
Öxará
Origin in Öxi. Flows into Skriđuvatn.
Waterfall
Kelduá
Origin in Folavatn. Flows into Jökulsá in Fljótsdal
Waterfall
Fellsá
Origin in Sauđahnjúkar. Flows into Kelduá
Strútsá
Origin in Hornbrynja. Flows into Fellsá
Strútsfoss - lower part 100 m high, upper part 20 m high
Sturluá
Origin in Hornbrynja. Flows into Kelduá.
Waterfall
Gilsá
Origin in . Flows into Kelduá.
Waterfall
Urđadalsá
Origin in Dyrfjöll. Flows into Selfljót.
Waterfall
Litla-Hrauná
Origin in Kerlingardalur. Flows into Lođmundarfjörđ.
Litla-Hrauná
Kirkjuá
Origin in Miđdalsfjörđur. Flows into Lođmundarfjörđ.
Kirkjuá
Fjarđará
Origin in Fjarđarheiđi. Flows into Seyđisfjörđ.
Gufufoss
Other waterfalls
Beljandi
Origin in Hvannstóđsfjall. Flows into Mjóifjörđ.
Klifbrekkufossar
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