Katla Geopark 
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221 meter high tuya on the southern part of the Mýrdalssandur sand plain

Hjörleifshöfði

221 meter high tuya on the southern part of the Mýrdalssandur sand plain

Hjörleifshöfði

Hjörleifshöfði or „Hjörleifur´s Headland“ is a 221 m tuff rock promontory in the southwestern part of Mýrdalssandur, formed in the latter part of the Last ice age, by an eruption under the glacier.

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How to visit the Katla Geopark

Katla UNESCO Global Geopark is in central South Iceland

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