Southern Peninsula (Iceland)

thumb|The harbour at Keflavík right|thumbnail|Church at Norðfjörðsgata

region in Iceland

Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, located near Þorbjörn.

international airport serving Reykjavík, Iceland

Reykjanesbær () is a municipality on the Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes) in Iceland, though the name is also used by locals to refer to the suburban region of Keflavík and Njarðvík which have grown together over the years. The municipality is made up of the towns of Keflavík and Njarðvík and the village of Hafnir. The municipality was created in 1994 when the inhabitants of the three settlements voted to merge them into one. Reykjanesbær is the fourth largest municipality in Iceland, with 21.957 citizens (2024).

lake in Iceland

peninsula in Iceland

thumb|right|250px|Selatangar Vogar () is a small town in the southwest of Iceland. It is the seat of the municipality of Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar). There is a highly automated atmospheric gas extraction plant in the town, with the oxygen produced being the only local source for Iceland's healthcare use. The town also has a fish roe incubation centre for Atlantic salmon.

Sandgerði (), also known as Sandgerðisbær (, ), is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Garður.

Njarðvík () is a town in southwestern Iceland, on the peninsula of Reykjanes. As of 2025, its population was 10.000.

Kleifarvatn () is the largest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, situated in the southern part of the peninsula. It is located on the fissure zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The lake has no visible water coming in or going out as most of its water comes and leaves underground. The lake can be reached via a track, and there are two areas with high temperature that can be found not far from it: Seltún/Krýsuvík and another to the east. A 2012 survey demonstrated one definite geothermal vent under the lake and suggested two others in a linear line trending as for most of the faults in the

Garður () is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula, bordered by the Faxaflói Bay. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Sandgerði.

municipality in Southern Peninsula, Iceland

one of the six constituencies (kjördæmi) of Iceland

thumb|Brennisteinsfjöll from Route 417 thumb|Brennisteinsfjöll towards the south-east is one of the volcanic systems in Iceland thumb|Map of the Bláfjöll region with different volcanic edifices thumb|Lava fields of the Brennisteinsfjöll around Helgafell (Hafnarfjörður)

thumb|300px|Grænavatn, Krýsuvíkurskóli, Sveifluháls with geothermal areas

power station

mid-ocean ridge

alt=Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur and with Keilir in the background|thumb|Volcano eruption at Fagradalsfjall next to Litli-Hrútur and with Keilir in the background 250px|thumb|Keilir from Spákonuvatn lake, Reykjavegur hiking trail thumb|Remote view of Keilir among Pressure ridge (lava)|tumuli within Hvassahraun [[lava field (Krýsuvík volcanic system]] Keilir (; 378 m asl) is a Pleistocene subglacial mound or perhaps a conical tuya on Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Basal area is 0.773 km2, summit area 0.004 km2, basal width 0.99 km, summit width 0.07 km, vol

Fjord in southwestern Iceland

thumb|View on Sandskeið airfield and Vífilsfell from the Hringvegur thumb|Quarries at Vífilsfell in 2019 thumb|Winterly road conditions on the Hringvegur near Vífilsfell thumb|Bláfjöll with Vífilsfell to the left, seen from lake [[Rauðavatn in the outskirts of Reykjavík]] Vífilsfell () is a hyaloclastite ridge in southwestern Iceland (Weichselian). It is 655 m high and located west of Jósepsdalur valley on the volcanic plateau of Hellisheiði. It forms the northernmost offset of the Bláfjöll mountain massif and is situated on top of the fissure system of Brennisteinsfjöll.

volcanic eruptions in Iceland

Reykjanes () is a small headland on the south-western end of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, giving the main peninsula its name. Volcanic action is responsible for forming the entire peninsula. The nearest town is Keflavik.

mountain in Hafnarfjörður Iceland

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Reykjanesviti () is Iceland's oldest lighthouse, located at Reykjanestá. It serves as a landfall light for Reykjavík and Keflavík.

mountain

mountain in Iceland

geothermal power station in Reykjanes, Iceland

thumb|Probably produced by a similar type of eruption: Memorial of jökulhlaup over Skeiðarársandur following the [[Grímsvötn-Gjálp eruption in 1996]] thumb|Sveifluháls from Seltún geothermal area thumb|Sveifluháls seen from Grænavatn [[maar]]

thumb|Straumsvík in 2022

thumb|300px|Aerial photograph of Herdísarvík and Herdísarvíkurfjall thumb|Herdísarvík in 2014 thumb|Herdísarvíkurhraun and the old road 427 near Herdísarvík in 2014 thumb|The old farm at Herdísarvík, lava falls behind, around 1900 thumb|Drift wood in Herdísarvík (around 1900)