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Fjadrargljufur Canyon

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Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
Fjadrargljufur Canyon
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Route 206 3.5KM off The Ring Road, Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland

Fjaðrárgljúfur is a canyon in south east Iceland which is up to 100 m deep and about 2 kilometres long, with the Fjaðrá river flowing through it. The canyon has steep walls and winding water. Its origins dates back to the cold periods of the Ice Age, about two million years ago. It is located near the Ring Road, not far from the village of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. The canyon was created by progressive erosion by flowing water from glaciers through the rocks and palagonite over millennia. A waterfall flows down the western side of the canyon, visible from an observation platform at the end of a one-mile hike up the eastern edge.
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