Basalt Cliffs Gerðuberg
Gerðuberg is a cliff of dolerite, a coarse-grained basalt rock, located on western peninsula Snæfellsnes and on the western edge of the Hnappadalur valley, 46 km in the north of the town of Borgarnes and 115 km to Reykjavík.
Photo: TommyBee, Public domain.- Type: Rock
- Description: cliff in Iceland
- Also known as: “Gerðuberg” and “Hamrabelti Gerðubergi”
Basalt Cliffs Gerðuberg
- Categories: cliff, trap, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.85952° or 64° 51′ 34″ north
Longitude
-22.36625° or 22° 21′ 59″ west
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
99PVVJ5M+RG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Basalt Cliffs Gerðuberg” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gerðuberg”
- Dutch: “Gerðuberg”
- German: “Gerðuberg”
- Icelandic: “Gerðuberg”
- Swedish: “Gerðuberg”
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