Gunnuhver
Sign in to saveGunnuhver (Icelandic: Gunnuhver) is an active geothermal area of hot springs, mud pools and fumaroles on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. It lies within the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and close to the Reykjanesviti lighthouse. The site has been the focus of safety measures and occasional closures due to changing geothermal activity.
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- Spring.name
- Gunnuhver
- Spring.location
- Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest Iceland
- Spring.type
- Geothermal hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles
- Spring.image
- Gunnuhver geothermal area.jpg
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Gunnuhver (Icelandic: Gunnuhver) is an active geothermal area of hot springs, mud pools and fumaroles on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. It lies within the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and close to the Reykjanesviti lighthouse. The site has been the focus of safety measures and occasional closures due to changing geothermal activity.
== Geography and geology == Gunnuhver is located near the ocean at the southwestern point of the Reykjanes Peninsula, within the Reykjanes geothermal area and the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark. The area is characterized by steaming fumaroles, bubbling hot springs and mud pots formed where hydrothermal fluids rise through altered volcanic rocks.