Dettifoss is a 44m tall 100m wide waterfall on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum between Selfoss and Hafragilsfoss sourced by the vast Vatnajökull Glacier in North Iceland.

Godafoss (Goðafoss) is a 12m tall and 30m wide waterfall on the Skjálfandafljót River and is one of the more famous waterfalls in Iceland due to location.

Aldeyjarfoss is a gushing 20m waterfall with powdery blue color flanked with basalt columns reached by a 15-minute hike near the Sprengisandur 4wd road (F26).

Selfoss is an 11m horseshoe-shaped waterfall on Jökulsá á Fjöllum River upstream from the mighty Dettifoss reached by a slight extension of the Dettifoss hike.

Urridafoss (Urriðafoss), Katlar, and Rettarfoss (Réttarfoss) are all features of the canyon Jökulsárgljúfur further downstream of waterfalls like Dettifoss.

Holmafossar (Hólmafossar) is a fairly high-volume cascade tumbling on a tributary to the Jökulsá á Fjöllum River accessed by a lightly-used 2.6km return hike.

Ketubjorg (Ketubjörg) is the sea cliff area supporting at least a pair of 120m waterfalls diving right into where Skagafjörður met the North Atlantic Ocean.

Stekkjarfoss and Dalsfoss were 2 waterfalls in a series of them on the Vatnsdalsá River in Forsædalur Valley, which was one of the head arms of Vatnsdalur.

Djupavikurfoss is a cliff-tumbling waterfall backing the hauntingly beautiful and lonely town of Djupavik (‘deep bay’) on the Strandir Coast of the Westfjords.

Dynjandi (Fjallfoss) is a 100m series of 7 named subtiers in the remote Westfjords. It is our favorite in the region and quite popular despite its location.

Kirkjufellsfoss (‘Church Mountain Falls’) is a short but well-situated waterfall often seen with Mt Kirkjufell on the north side of the Snæfellsnes Peninsula.

Grundarfoss is an impressive 70m waterfall near Grundarfjörður and Kirkjufellsfoss as it tempts us to stop for it even though we’d have to go somewhere else

The waterfall in Tungudalur tumbles through an open valley flanked by purple wildflowers and a small forest with budding sproutlings near the town Ísafjörður.

The Other Westfjords Waterfalls page is where I’m putting in the many waterfalls that we’ve found throughout the Westfjords region that we didn’t devote a dedicated webpage to for one reason or…

The Waterfall at Foss pertains to a waterfall in the remote Westfjords at a farm in one end of the Foss to Krossholt Trail through Fossdalur (Waterfall Valley).

Barnafoss is really more of a series of rapids on the Hvítá River where it was forced through a narrow rocky chute that once had a natural bridge across it.

The Glanni Waterfall on the Norðurá River is said to be a dwelling place of elves and trolls accessed by a short path from a golf course at an old lava flow

Klukkufoss (‘Clock Falls’) is a waterfall fed by the melting Snæfellsjökull Glacier dropping over twisted and bent basalt columns dictating its trajectory.

Svodufoss (Svöðufoss) is a large block waterfall fed by the melting Snæfellsjökull Glacier, where I managed to see both of them together from a distance.

Baejarfoss (‘Town Falls’) is situated right behind the charming Ólafsvík, which we accessed by doing the short walk starting from within the center of town.