Gunnuhver

Gunnuhver is an active geothermal hot spring and a mud pool with fumaroles on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in . It lies within the UNESCO Global Geopark and close to the lighthouse.
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Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
  • Type: Spring
  • Description: hot spring and volcano in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Gunnuhver - fumarole”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Reykjanes power station and Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter.

Power station
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The is a geothermal power station located in at the south-western tip of . As of 2012, the power plant generated 100MWe from two high pressure 50MWe turbines, using steam and brine from a reservoir at 290 to 320 °C, which is extracted from 12 wells that are 2,700 m deep.

Building
Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reykjanesviti is 's oldest lighthouse, located at . It serves as a landfall light for and .

Gunnuhver

Latitude
63.81945° or 63° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
-22.68418° or 22° 41′ 3″ west
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
99MVR898+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 806833964
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­spring
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10345493
Wiki­data ID
Q1554844
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Satellite Map

Discover Gunnuhver from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Gunnuhver” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Гунухвер”
  • Cebuano: “Gunnuhver”
  • Dutch: “Gunnuhver”
  • French: “Gunnuhver”
  • German: “Gunnuhver”
  • German: “Reykjanes-Vulkansystem”
  • German: “Reykjanesvulkansystem”
  • Icelandic: “Gunnuhver”
  • Italian: “Gunnuhver”
  • Korean: “군누베르 화산”
  • Ladin: “Gunnuhver”
  • Swedish: “Gunnuhver”
  • Venetian: “Gunnuhver”

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