Geological Map of Southwest Iceland

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 1. Básendar - The great tidal flood of 1799   21. Hrútagjá - Lava rise
 2. Pattersonvöllur -Subfossil shells  22. Straumsvík - Costal springs
 3.  Valahnúksmöl - Boulder ridge  23. Ástjörn - Lava dammed lake
 4. Háleyjabunga - Lava shield with crater  24. Álftanes - End moraine
 5. Kerlingarbás - Craters and dykes  25. Rauðhólar - Rootless cones
 6. Eldvörp - Crater row from 13th century A.D.  26.  Viðey - Basaltic intrusions and inclined sheets
 7. Sandfellsdalur - Lava shield with crater  27. Búrfellsgjá - Crater and lava channel
 8. Stampagígaröðin - Crater row  28. Hverahlíð - Glacier dammed lava flow
 9. Gunnuhver - Hot springs  29. Ölfusvatnslaugar - Mineral springs
 10. Skálafell - Earthquake fissures  30. Gjárnar á Þingvöllum - Open fissures at diverting plate margin
 11. Hrólfsvík - Xenolithes  31. Súlufell - Explosion craters
 12. Festarfjall - Eroded subglacial volcano  32. Tjarnarhnjúkshraun  - Xenolithes
 13. Vestan Selatanga - Remnants of lava lake  33. Dyrafjöll - Hyaloclastite ridges and faults
 14.  Húshólmi - Ruins of a farm partly covered by lava flow  34. Jórugil - Feeder dykes of tindars
 15. Ögmundarhraun - Craters and lava falls  35. Stokkseyri og Eyrabakki - The great Þjórsá lava
 16.  Grænavatn - Explosion craters  36. Seltjörn - Submerged Holocene peat
 17. Seltún - High temperature area with solfaratas and mud pools  37. Fossvogur - Finiglacial sediments
 18. Stóra-Eldborg - Lava ring  38. Raufarhólshellir  - Lava cave
 19. Sog - Craters and colourful alteration  39. Hvalfjarðareyri - Spit, rhyolitic spherulites, zeolites and dykes
 20. Lambafellsgjá - Open fissure, pillow lava  40. Botnsdalur - Buried hyaloclastite ridge


Básendar - The great tidal flood of 1799
Patterson, airstrip - subfossil shells
Valahnúksmöl boulder ridge
Háleyjabunga - Lava shield with crater<br />
Kerlingarbás – craters and dykes
Eldvörp – crater row from 13th century A.D.<br />
Sandfellsdalur / Lava shield with crater
Stampar crater row
Gunnuhver - Hot springs
Skálafell – earthquake fissures
Hrólfsvík - Xenolithes
Festarfjall - Eroded subglacial volcano
Vestan Selatanga - Remnants of lava lake
HHúshólmi /Óbrennishólmi – Ruins of a farm partly covered by lava flow<br />
Ögmundarhraun við Núphlíð - craters and lava falls
Grænavatn - Explosion craters
Seltún - High temperature area with solfaratas
Stóra-Eldborg – Lava ring
Sog – Craters and colourful alteration
Lambafellsgjá - open fissure, pillow lava
Hrútagjá – Lava rise
Straumsvík - Costal springs
Ástjörn - Lava dammed lake
Álftanes - End moraine
Rauðhólar – Rootless cones<br />
Viðey - basaltic intrusion and inclined sheets
Búrfellsgjá – Crater and lava channel
Hverahlíð - Glacier dammed lava flow
Ölfusvatnslaugar - Mineral springs
Open fissures at diverting plate margin at Þingvellir
Súlufell - Explosion craters
Tjarnarhnjúkshraun við Ölfusvatnsá - Xenolithes
Dyrafjöll - Hyaloclastite ridges and faults
Jórugil - Feeder dykes of tindars<br />
Stokkseyri og Eyrabakki - The great Þjórsá lava
Seltjörn - Submerged Holocene peat
Fossvogur - Finiglacial sediments
Raufarhólshellir- Lava cave
Hvalfjarðareyri Spit - Rhyolitic spherulites, zeolites and dykes
Botnsdalur - Buried hyaloclastite ridge