Raufarhólshellir
Raufarhólshellir is the fourth-longest lava tube in Iceland. The cave's proximity to Reykjavík made it popular with visitors, who caused damage to the cave.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Cave
- Description: Lava cave in Iceland
- Also known as: “Raufarholshellir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorlakshofn.
Thorlakshofn
Town
Þorlákshöfn is a town on the southern coast of Iceland in the Municipality of Ölfus. The town is named after Saint Thorlak who was a bishop at Skálholt. Thorlakshofn is situated 9 km south of Raufarhólshellir.
Raufarhólshellir
- Categories: lava tube, show cave, and landform
- Location: Ölfus, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.94024° or 63° 56′ 25″ northLongitude
-21.39718° or 21° 23′ 50″ westElevation
160 metres (525 feet)Open location code
99MWWJR3+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 3000807233OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Raufarhólshellir” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Raufarhólshellir”
- German: “Raufarhólshellir”
- Icelandic: “Raufarhólshellir”
- Malayalam: “Raufarhólshellir”
- Malayalam: “റൂഫെർഹൊൾഷതിഷ്”
- Swedish: “Raufarhólshellir”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Raufarhólshellir”. Photo: Markus Trienke, CC BY-SA 2.0.