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AEgissufoss

Ægissufoss with the active Mt Hekla in the back




AEgissufoss (Ægissufoss; I think it's pronounced "AY-jih-szuh-foss") is a wide river-type waterfall that I found interesting because I was able to photograph it with Mt Hekla in the background. Mt Hekla is an active volcano (at least it was said to still be heaving as of our July 2007 visit). From the car park (see directions below), it was a short walk getting right to the bank of the Ytri-Rangá River.

Apparently, we were lucky to even see Mt Hekla on our visit because I understand it's usually clouded over. But the weather did look like it was changing (for better or worse, we couldn't tell at the time) as the winds were quite fierce!

Directions: From the saga town of Hvolsvöllur (KHVOHLS-vut-lur"), we drove west about 14km on the Ring Road (Route 1). We then took a short detour off the Ring Road along Route 25 (to our left just past the bridge). About 3km on this detour, there was a signed turnoff on our left that led us to the car park for the falls.

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Closer look at the falls with Mt Hekla imposing in the backgroundCloser look at the falls with Mt Hekla imposing in the background

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Trying to stay fixated on the falls and Mt Hekla. But as you can see from how shaky the video was, Julie was really fighting the strong winds


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