Myvatn hot thermal north Iceland
The Námafjall Geothermal Area is located in Northeast Iceland, on the east side of Lake Mývatn.
At this area, also known as Hverir, you will see many smoking fumaroles and boiling mud pots, surrounded by sulphur crystals of many different colours. This sulphur gives the area an overwhelming smell of egg.
The soil in the area has little vegetation due to the acidity caused by these geothermal processes.
Around the area is a small hiking trail up to Námaskarð pass and Námafjall mountain, which returns to the highway and the parking lot.
In 1969 a geothermal power plant was built west of the Námafjall Area. The plant currently produces 3MW of geothermal energy.
Concerns have raised over current plans to expand the plant to 90 MW. In particular, there have been worries in regards to the effect of the plant on the delicate ecosystem of Lake Mývatn. The head of an environmental NGO has recently called for a new environmental impact assessment on the plans, and the matter continues to be debated
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NAMAFJALL HVERIR GEOTHERMAL AREA | Myvatn, Iceland
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Námafjall Hverir looks like another planet. Definitely one of the coolest spots in Iceland!! Also quite smelly...
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Namaskard, Myvatn, Iceland
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Ďáblova kuchyně Island: Hverir - Námaskard - Namafjall ICELAND
CZ: Geotermální oblast Hverir - Námafjall - Námaskard 2014
Kousek od Jezera Mývatn najdete geotermální oblast zvanou Hverir (Hverfjall - Námafjall - Námaskard či Hveranord). Je to vskutku zajímavé aktivní místo, kde najdete bahenní jezírka, bahenní sopky, horké sirné prameny či horkou páru vycházející skulinami v zemi. Síra barví povrch země do žluto, zelenkavo-modré barvy a vůbec, je to tady jak na jiné planetě.
ENG: Geothermal area Hverir - Namafjall - Namaskard 2014
Not far from Myvatn Lake you can find geothermal area - called Hverir ( Hverfjall - Námafjall - Namaskard or Hveranord ). It is very interesting place with high geothermal activity. There are so many mud pools, mudpots, mud volcanoes, hot sulfur springs and hot steam coming through the cracks in the ground. Sulfur colored the surface of the earth to yellow, greenich or blue color and all, as it is here on another planet .
geothermal area Hverir - Namafjall - Namaskard - Hverfjall in Krafla mountain - mud pots - mudpot - mud vulcano - sulfur springs - sulfur steam
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Námafjall Hverir Geothermal Area near Lake Mývatn in North Iceland - Krafla Caldera
We made the drive from Dettifoss back to the Ring Road and continued our journey west on the Ring Road. As we came over a hill, we started to smell sulfur and saw steam coming up from the ground. Right off the Ring Road is Námafjall Hverir, a geothermal area that is part of the Krafla caldera. Námafjall Hverir contains boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles (an opening in the earth's crust usually near volcanoes which emits steam and gases).
Namaskard solfataras, Myvatn, North Iceland
Namaskard, Myvatn. At the place where tectonic plates divide, there is a rift mountain made of very colorful rhyolite. There are many boiling springs, mud pots, and solfataras. This area is perfect for hiking and is close to both Myvatn lake and Krafla volcano, both within 1h walking distance. Hiking to the top of Namaskard takes 1h and is easy. However hikers must not go off path in risk of getting burns, because the soil is very fragile and hot. The trail can be also slipery if wet. From the top the views are amazing, to Myvatn (West), Herdubreid (South) and to Krafla (North).
Krafla, Hverir, Iceland
Krafla is a caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region.
South of the Krafla area, but not actually within the caldera is Námafjall, a mountain, beneath which is Hverir, a geothermal area with boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles (September, 2013).
Krafla è una caldera di circa 10 km e con una fenditura lunga 90 km situata nel nord dell'Islanda nella regione di Mývatn.
Krafla comprende anche l'area geotermale di Hverir, lungo la Hringvegur sul passo di Námaskarð del monte Námafjall, con vulcani di fango e fumarole attivi (settembre 2013).
Hverir fields near Mývatn
Some footage of the strange steam and hot pools at Hverir, Iceland. Gladly you can not smell the sulphur.
Geothermal Area of Hverir (Hverarönd/Námaskarð) - Island/Iceland
English:
At the foothills of this spectacular volcanic mountain Námafjall (Krafla Area) is an expanse of hot springs called Hveraröndor Hverir that are known for their changing variety. You may also find a number of fumaroles, mud pools and mud pots that all seem to be boiling with relentless energy. The pass Námaskarð is strategically located at a short distance from the Krafla volcano system as well as other interesting geological spots like Búrfellshraun and the desert Mývatsöræfi. Námaskarð earns its notoriety chiefly because of its sulphurous mud springs called solfataras and steam springs called fumaroles. Though you will scarcely find any pure water spring in this wonderful geothermal site of Iceland, the beauty of the colorful minerals defies all comparisons.
German/Deutsch:
Das Solfatarenfeld Hverarönd (Hverir) beherbergt viele Schlammbecken, in denen es zischt, dampft, brodelt und kocht. Die Gegend erscheint dabei in den unterschiedlichsten Farben.
Hverir - Námafjall - Lake Mývatn - Iceland/Islande - 2012 June/Juin
Hverir - Námafjall - Lake Mývatn - Iceland/Islande - 2012 June/Juin
Island 2010 Myvatn / Namafjall (Vossiem)
Reise durch Island im Juli 2010
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ICELAND ROAD TRIP DAY 5 - The Volcanic Myvatn Region
--The Volcanic Myvatn Region--
Welcome to our Iceland trip!
Follow us 2 girls as we drive around the entire Ring Road in a 4x4 campervan.
We were in Iceland for 7 full days, in May 2019.
I'll be uploading one video for each day of our trip, so stay tuned for more!
The full playlist of Iceland vlogs:
Here's what we did on DAY 5:
- Walked around the rim of the Hverfjall crater
- Explored Grjótagjá Cave
- Walked around Mt. Namafjall (Namaskard)
- Saw Godafoss (with swiss makkas)
- Relaxed in Akureyri botanical gardens
- Ate at Akureyri fish and chips
- Drove to Dalvik to camp for the night
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Námafjall Hverir near Mývatn, Iceland
High-temparature geothermal area near Mývatn with fumaroles and mud pots.
アイスランド北部ミーヴァトン近くにある地熱地帯で、温泉の噴気や泥湯を見ることができる。
The Land of Ice & Fire (Part 18 - Námaskarð)
Námaskarð is a geothermal area on the mountain Námafjall, in north Iceland. Connected to the Krafla volcano system, Námaskarð is home to many hot-springs and fumaroles. Námaskarð is notable due to its barrenness with no vegetation grows on its slopes. This is due to the heat beneath the earth, the acidity in the soil, and poisonous fumes being expelled. The vivid colors that streak through the earth are dyed by the elements brought up with the steam.
Amazing Devil´s kitchen Namafjall - ICELAND / Úžasná Ďáblova kuchyně Námafjall - ISLAND
Amazing Devil´s kitchen - geothermal area Hverir / Námaskard / Námafjall in Iceland
Near Lake Mývatn has unique geothermal area Hverir with lots of mud volcanoes, mud pools, mud pots, hot sulfur springs and other interesting natural phenomena.
CZ:
Geotermální oblast Námafjall – Námaskard – Hverir - tzv. Ďáblova kuchyně
Nedaleko jezera Mývatn najdete unikátní geotermální oblast Hverir se spoustou bahenních sopek, bahenních jezírek, horkých sirných pramenů a jiných zajímavých přírodních úkazů. Rozhodně stojí za zastávku.
Iceland - Geothermal area - Hverir - Námafjall - Námaskard - ďáblova kuchyně na Islandu
#hverir #namafjall #namaskard #iceland #hverfjall
Námaskard - Namáfjall geothermal area, Iceland 1
Námaskard pass, Namáfjall mountain geothermal area, Iceland 2002
Another video Namáfjall, part 2
Namaskard pass is at the foothills of this spectacular volcanic mountain is an expanse of hot springs called Hveraröndor Hverir that are known for their changing variety. You may also find a number of fumaroles, mud pools and mud pots that all seem to be boiling with relentless energy. The pass Námaskarð is strategically located at a short distance from the Krafla volcano system as well as other interesting geological spots like Búrfellshraun and the desert Mývatsöræfi.
Namáskard - Namáfjall, Hverir
geotermální území Island
Námafjall Hverir hot springs
Hverir, a geothermal area with boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles, beneath Námafjall, a mountain near Lake Mývatn, Iceland.
NAMAFJALL, ICELAND
NAMAFJALL, ICELAND
This was an amazing place with lots of geothermal activity. It consisted of bubbling mud pots, steam vents and bacteria mats. There was an array of different vibrant colours and i cannot begin to tell you how smelly it was. The sulphorous air was stifling.
Krafla includes one of the two best-known Víti craters of Iceland (the other is in Askja). The Icelandic word víti means hell. In former times, people often believed hell to be under volcanoes. The crater Víti has a green lake inside of it.
South of the Krafla area, but not actually within the caldera is Námafjall, a mountain, beneath which is Hverir, a geothermal area with boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles.
The Mývatn fires occurred between 1724--29, when many of the fissure vents opened up. The lava fountains could be seen in the south of the island and a lava flow destroyed three farms near the village of Reykjahlíð, although nobody was harmed.
Between 1975 and 1984 there was a volcanic episode within the Krafla volcano. It involved nine volcanic eruptions and fifteen uplift and subsidence events. This interrupted some of the Krafla drillfields. During these events a large magma chamber emerged. This has been identified by analysing the seismic activity.
Since 1977 the Krafla area has been the source of the geothermal energy used by a 60 MWe power station. A survey undertaken in 2006 indicated very high temperatures at depths of between 3 and 5 kilometres and these favourable conditions have led to the development of the first well from the Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP), that found magma only 2.1 km deep.
Steaming fumarole at Hverarond - Namafjall Hverir geothermal area near Krafla, Myvatn area, Iceland
Namaskard Geothermal Field Iceland 2 - ©www.travellove.one
Namaskard Geothermal Field Iceland at Mount Namafjall
Excursion from Akureyri
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