Research

The Geopark leads one student research project with Víkurskóli elementary school in Vik but plans in the future to start similar student research projects in Hvolsskóli and Kirkjubæjarskóli elementary schools within the Geopark. The student project in Víkurskóli elementary school is called The Víkurfjara Beach Project and aims to research and monitor the stability of the coastline in front of the village of Vík. More information, along with the results from the research so far, is available on the sub-site Víkurjfara Beach Project page.

Additionally, there are also many institutions in Iceland that conduct research within the Geopark and below is a list of some of them along with links to their respective websites:

• Institute of Earth Science    
• ÍSOR - Icelandic Geosurvey
• Landmælingar Íslands
• Icelandic Met Office
• Soil Conservation Service of Iceland 
• Icelandic Institute of Natural History
• Department of Civil Protection and Emergency Management
• The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration
• South Icelandic Nature Research Center
• South East Icelandic Nature Research Center
• The Environment Agency of Iceland
• Vatnajökull National Park
• The Cultural Heritage Agency of Iceland

There are also a few webpages that have specialized in doing research on culture and history within the Geopark and we highly recommend that you have a look...

• Eldsveitir.is where you can find stories and history of people and places from the south coast of Iceland

• Sagnir af Suðurlandi folklore tales from South-Iceland