Kirkjufell, Snæfellsnes peninsula, west Iceland
Kirkjufell (Icelandic: "Church mountain") at 1519 feet high is a beautifully shaped, symmetric, free standing mountain situated to the west of Grundarfjörður on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in west Iceland. It is a prominent rhyolite mountain and its top is flat and crowned with a precipitous layer of black pitch stone and obsidian. The screes below are greyish blue in colour and almost barren.
The creation of Kirkjufell can be traced back to the last Ice Age when the glaciers and their rivers were carving out the landscape.
Kirkjufell's isolated position jutting out into the sea makes it a focal point for tourists and seamen alike and it is probably Iceland's most iconic and photographed mountain.
Date: 6th June 2015
Location: view from road 54 looking west towards Grundarfjörður and Kirkjufell
The creation of Kirkjufell can be traced back to the last Ice Age when the glaciers and their rivers were carving out the landscape.
Kirkjufell's isolated position jutting out into the sea makes it a focal point for tourists and seamen alike and it is probably Iceland's most iconic and photographed mountain.
Date: 6th June 2015
Location: view from road 54 looking west towards Grundarfjörður and Kirkjufell
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Also in: Snæfellsnes peninsula
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