Burketown Hot Spring Bore

Burketown Hot Spring Bore

This 702 m deep borehole was made in 1897 and there is gushing hot (68 °C), salty water from it. Now here stands some meters tall lime formation with water gushing from its summit.

Paralana Radioactive Springs

Hot springs with a temperature of 57 degrees C, highly radioactive. The heat could be caused by the natural nuclear fission. Discharge – 16 l/s.

Comanjilla Hot Springs

Group of hot springs, formerly – geysers. At the early 20th century the tallest of the 11 geysers – Geyser Humboldt – reached 1 m height. Today here are hot springs that have been transformed by the hotel and spa built over them.

Grjótagjá

Grjótagjá

Small lava cave with thermal spring and hot lake inside. Earlier the lucid water in the cave was suitable for bathing but in 1975 – 1984 the temperature of water in it exceeded 50° C.

Spýtir Geothermal Field

Former geothermal field where up to 1930ies were located several geysers. Spýtir was a bubbling basin of superheated water and around it were geysers erupting up to 0.5 m high. Currently this area is silent, but there is another group of hot springs some 500 m to the south.

Stórihver Geothermal Area

One of hot springs in Stórihver Geothermal Area

Impressive geothermal area in the picturesque mountains north of Mýrdalsjökull glacier. The large, blue pool of Stórihver is some 15 m wide. Several boiling springs. It is possible that some springs could be geysers.

Eyvindarhver

Eyvindarhver

Hot spring that at some periods (late 19th century) has acted as a geyser erupting up to 0.5 m high. Earlier there were placed boulders around the spring (to cook meals), now the boulders are covered with sinter and spring looks ghostly.

Bláhver

Bláhver

Unusual thermal spring – large pool with misty blue water and white rims of sinter.

Rauðihver

Rauðihver in 2017

Intermittent hot spring that has bright orange, muddy sediments. In 2008 – 2009 this spring was erupting up to 1.5 m high – then it was a true geyser.

Gamli Fagrihver

Former geyser that erupted up to 45 m high (!) in the 19th century. Now – just a large sinter cone with 95 degrees C hot water inside. Geyser was active up to 1930ies.