Hraunfossar
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.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall in Iceland
- Also known as: “Hraunfossar (vattenfall i Island)”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Barnafossar.
Hraunfossar
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.70257° or 64° 42′ 9″ north
Longitude
-20.9806° or 20° 58′ 50″ west
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
Height
8 metres (26 feet)
Width
1,000 metres (3,281 feet)
Open location code
99PXP239+2Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“Hraunfossar” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Храунфосар”
- Catalan: “Hraunfossar”
- Cebuano: “Hraunfossar”
- Chinese: “熔岩瀑布”
- Czech: “Hraunfossar”
- Dutch: “Hraunfossar”
- French: “Hraunfossar”
- German: “Hraunfossar”
- Hungarian: “Hraunfossar”
- Icelandic: “Hraunfossar”
- Italian: “Hraunfossar”
- Japanese: “フロインフォッサル”
- Low German: “Hraunfossar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hraunfossar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hraunfossar”
- Persian: “هراونفوسار”
- Polish: “Hraunfossar”
- Russian: “Храунфоссар”
- Russian: “Хрёйнфоссар”
- Spanish: “Hraunfossar”
- Swedish: “Hraunfossar”
- Western Panjabi: “ہراؤنفوسار”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Fljótstungurétt and Nesmelsrétt.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hraunfossar and Hraunfossar / Barnafoss.
West Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Borgarnes and Stykkishólmur.
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