thumb|[[Dettifoss, in Northern Iceland]]

thumb|[[Gullfoss, in Southern Iceland]]

Iceland is well suited for waterfalls (Icelandic: s. foss, pl. fossar). This Nordic island country lies along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which separates North America and Europe near where the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans meet. Frequent rain and snow is caused by its near-Arctic location. Large glaciers exist throughout the country whose summer melts feed many rivers. As a result, it is home to a number of large and powerful waterfalls. It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 waterfalls in Iceland.

North

  • Dettifoss is the most powerful waterfall in Iceland.
  • Gljúfursárfoss
  • Selfoss
  • Hafragilsfoss
  • Goðafoss
  • Aldeyjarfoss

South

  • Faxi or Vatnsleysufoss in Tungufljót river
  • Foss á Síðu
  • Gluggafoss
  • Gljúfrafoss
  • Gjáin has many small waterfalls
  • Gullfoss (Golden Falls)
  • Háifoss (High Falls)
  • Hjálparfoss
  • Kvernufoss
  • Merkjárfoss
  • Ófærufoss used to be noted for the natural bridge which stood above the falls, but it collapsed in 1993.
  • Seljalandsfoss
  • Skógafoss (Forest Falls)
  • Svartifoss (Black Falls) is one of the many waterfalls of Skaftafell National Park
  • Systrafoss, in Kirkjubæjarklaustur
  • Þjófafoss on the Merkurhraun lava fields
  • Öxarárfoss, at Þingvellir National Park
  • Fagrifoss, near Kirkjubæjarklaustur
  • Morsárfoss, 228m waterfall formed from the retreat of Morsárjökull that is now Iceland's tallest.
  • Urriðafoss

West

  • Álafoss
  • Barnafossar (the Children's Falls) in Hvítá river
  • Glymur in the Hvalfjörður area. At 198m, it was long regarded as the tallest waterfall in Iceland until being surpassed with a new falls by Morsárjökull in 2011.
  • Hraunfossar (the Lava Falls) in birchwoods, a stone's throw from Barnafoss.

Westfjords

  • Dynjandi, sometimes called Fjallfoss.

East

  • Hengifoss
  • Litlanesfoss, surrounded by columnar basalt, it is on the way up to Hengifoss
  • Fardagafoss near Egilsstaðir
  • Gufufoss ("Steam falls") In Seyðisfjörður
  • Klifbrekkufossar in Mjóifjörður. A beautiful row of waterfalls

List of waterfalls by height

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! class="unsortable"| Picture

! Name

! data-sort-type="number"| Height

! Water body

! Region

! Community

! Coordinates

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| Morsárfoss

| 227.3 m

| Morsá

| Austurland

| Hornafjörður

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| Discovered in 2007, measured in 2011;

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| Glymur

| 196 m

| Botnsá

| Vesturland

| Hvalfjarðarsveit

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| Considered tallest waterfall until 2011

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| 150px

| Hengifoss

| 128 m

| Hengifossá

| Austurland

| Fljótsdalur

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| Alternative height: 110 m

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| 150px

|data-sort-value="Hazzifoss"| Háifoss

| 122 m

| Fossá í Þjórsárdal

| Suðurland

| Skeiða- og<br>Gnúpverjahreppur

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|Neighbour of Granni

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| Granni

| 101 m

| Fossá í Þjórsárdal

| Suðurland

| Skeiða- og<br>Gnúpverjahreppur

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| <br>Neighbour of Háifoss

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| Dynjandi

| 100 m

| Dynjandisá

| Vestfirðir

| Vesturbyggð

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| Alternative name: Fjallfoss <br>Tallest waterfall of the Westfjords

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| Rjúkandi

| 93 m

| Ysta-Rjúkandi

| Austurland

| Fljótsdalshérað

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|<br>between Egilsstaðir and Mývatn

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| Foss á Síðu

| 82 m

| Fossá

| Suðurland

| Skaftárhreppur

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| close to Kirkjubæjarklaustur

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| Bjarnafoss

| 80 m

| Bjarnaá

| Vesturland

| Snæfellsbær

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| 150px

| Fagrifoss

| 80 m

| Geirlandsá

| Suðurland

| Skaftárhreppur

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| in Vatnajökull National Park

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|Skiptárfoss

| 80 m

| Skiptá

| Vestfirðir

| Reykhólahreppur <br> Vesturbyggð

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| 150px

|data-sort-value="Thordarfoss"|Þórðarfoss

| 80 m

| Þórðara

| Suðurland

| Rangárþing eystra

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| close to Merkjárfoss

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| 150px

| Grundarfoss

| 70 m

| Grundará

| Vesturland

| Grundarfjörður

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| at Snæfellsnes

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| 150px

| Systrafoss

| 69 m

| Fossá

| Suðurland

| Skaftárhreppur

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| close to Kirkjubæjarklaustur

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| 150px

| Seljalandsfoss

| 65 m

| Seljalandsá

| Suðurland

| Rangárþing eystra

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|

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| 150px

| Skógafoss

| 62 m

| Skógá

| Suðurland

| Rangárþing eystra

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| 150px

|data-sort-value="Izzrarfoss"| Írárfoss

| 60 m

|data-sort-value="Izzra"| Írá

| Suðurland

| Rangárþing eystra

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See also

  • List of waterfalls
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References