Travel to Mýrdalsjökull in Iceland

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Mýrdalsjökull is an ice cap in the south of Iceland. It is to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller ice cap Eyjafjallajökull. Between these two glaciers is Fimmvörðuháls pass. Its peak reaches 1,493 m in height and in the year 1980 it covered an area of approximately 595 km². The icecap of the glacier covers an active volcano called Katla. The caldera of the volcano has a diameter of 10 km and the volcano erupts usually every 40–80 years. The last eruption took place in 1918.

Hill pictures in Mýrdalsjökull

Zoom @Einar Jónsson

Zoom @Jonatan Pie

Zoom @Ruslan Valeev

Zoom @Ruslan Valeev

Shot with a Canon EOS 40D. Exposure: 1/250, Aperture: 14, Focal Length: 80.0, ISO: 100