Panoramic view of the road crossing the desolated Skeiðarársandur floodplain with the astonishingly large Vatnajökull icecap visible in the distance. The Skeiðará river flowing in the plain was the most important obstacle in the construction of Iceland's Route 1. It was temporarily destroyed by water masses and blocks of ice during the last major flood in 1996, triggered by an eruption of the Grímsvötn volcano.
Grímsvötn is a tourist attraction, one of the Lakes in Skaftafell, Iceland. It is located: 670 km from Reykjavik, 680 km from Kópavogur, 680 km from Hafnarfjörður. Read further
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