Sneifedl volcano
Sneifedl is the westernmost point of the peninsula.
Description:
Volcano Sneifedl has a regular cone-shaped shape, in good weather this giant can be seen from afar. Its peak, covered by a glacier of the same name - Snaifelsjokull, rises into the sky of the North Atlantic almost 1500 meters.
Sneifedl combines natural beauty and the deadly threat lurking in its depths. The last eruption of the volcano Sneifedl, lying under the glacier at a depth of 200 meters, occurred about 1900 years ago. But the volcano is considered active, because for 800,000 years it worked quite actively.
On the slopes of the glacier, the interlacing of lava flows, formed in the form of long "scythes" look especially interesting. The volcanic system, which includes the volcano Sneifedl, is about 100 kilometers long and is considered the longest active volcanic system of this island.