Gilsbakki
Gilsbakki is a farm in Borgarbyggð, West Iceland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hraunfossar and Barnafossar.
Hraunfossar
Waterfall
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 metres out of the Hallmundarhraun, a lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull.
Barnafossar
Waterfall
Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barnafoss, also known as Bjarnafoss, is a waterfall in Western Iceland on the river Hvítá in Borgarfjörður, about 100 kilometres from Reykjavík. Located directly upstream from Hraunfossar, the two waterfalls flow out of the Hallmundarhraun lava field.
Gilsbakki
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Borgarbyggð, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.72248° or 64° 43′ 21″ northLongitude
-20.9846° or 20° 59′ 5″ westElevation
152 metres (499 feet)Open location code
99PXP2C8+X5GeoNames ID
3417049
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“Gilsbakki” goes by many names.
- Icelandic: “Gilsbakki”
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