Hafragilsfoss
Hafragilsfoss is a waterfall in Iceland. The waterfall flows downstream from Dettifoss within the depths of the Jökulságljúfur canyon. This waterfall is also on the glacial river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, making it a powerful waterfall.Photo: Burras, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Kilmer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dettifoss and Selfoss.
Dettifoss
Waterfall
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the Rhine Falls.
Selfoss
Waterfall
Photo: Tillea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Selfoss is a waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland. The river drops over a number of waterfalls over about 30 km before flowing into Öxarfjörður, a bay of the Arctic Sea. Selfoss is situated 3 km south of Hafragilsfoss.
Hafragilsfoss
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Iceland
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
65.8321° or 65° 49′ 56″ northLongitude
-16.39997° or 16° 23′ 60″ westElevation
360 metres (1,181 feet)Height
27 metres (89 feet)Width
91 metres (299 feet)Open location code
9CQ5RJJ2+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 3050633634OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
2630896Wikidata ID
Q1568140
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Hafragilsfoss” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хафрагилсфос”
- Cebuano: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Dutch: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هافراجيلسفوس”
- Estonian: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Estonian: “Hafragilsfossi juga”
- French: “Hafragilsfoss”
- German: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Icelandic: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Indonesian: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Italian: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Persian: “هافرگیلسفوس”
- Polish: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Spanish: “Hafragilsfoss”
- Swedish: “Hafragilsfoss”
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