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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 .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Barnafossar.

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Barnafoss, also known as Bjarnafoss, is a waterfall in Western on the river Hvítá in , about 100 kilometres from . Located directly upstream from Hraunfossar, the two waterfalls flow out of the Hallmundarhraun lava field.

Hraunfossar

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
node 283690573
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
10345983
Wiki­data ID
Q427971
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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 (vattenfall i Island)”
  • Swedish: “Hraunfossar”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہراؤنفوسار”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fljótstungurétt and Nesmelsrétt.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hraunfossar and Hraunfossar / Barnafoss.

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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 “Hraunfossar”. Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.