Svodufoss (Snaefellsnes Peninsula, West, Iceland)

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Svodufoss

Svodufoss (or more accurately Svöðufoss; I think is pronounced "SVUEW-thoo-foss") looked like a big and interesting waterfall, especially considering it was fronting the Snæfellsjökull ("SNAYE-fells-yuk-ul") Glacier. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to get a better and closer look at this waterfall so I had to settle for the photo you see at the top of this page.

It's interesting to note that the Snæfellsjökull Glacier was the place where the main characters in Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" started their journey.

Directions: We found this waterfall as we drove between Ólafsvík and Hellissandur as it was visible from the road 574. There was a signposted turnoff a little over 6km west of Ólafsvík then another 3.2km along the rough unpaved road to the distant lookout we had to settle for. I had trouble driving along the unpaved roads looking for a better way to go, but no such luck.

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More distant look at both the falls and the glacier

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