Iceland
West Iceland
Borgarbyggð

Barnafossar

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

Highlights include Hraunfossar.

Waterfall
Photo: LeCardinal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 .

Barnafossar

Latitude
64.70182° or 64° 42′ 7″ north
Longitude
-20.97367° or 20° 58′ 25″ west
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Height
10 metres (33 feet)
Width
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
99PXP22G+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 308666280
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
11791372
Wiki­data ID
Q626640
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Satellite Map

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

From Dutch to Spanish—“Barnafossar” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Barnafoss”
  • French: “Barnafoss”
  • German: “Barnafoss”
  • Hungarian: “Barnafoss”
  • Icelandic: “Barnafoss”
  • Italian: “Barnafoss”
  • Low German: “Barnafoss”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Barnafoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Barnafossar”
  • Persian: “بارنافوسار”
  • Polish: “Barnafoss”
  • Russian: “Барнафосс”
  • Spanish: “Barnafoss”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fljótstungurétt and Nesmelsrétt.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include BARNAFOSS 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 “Barnafossar”. Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0.