Snaefellsnes

The Snaefellsnes is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjorour, in western Iceland. It has been named Iceland in Miniature, due to the fact many countrywide points of interest may be discovered inside the region, such as the Snaefellsjokull volcano, seemed as one of the symbols of Iceland. With its top of 1446 m, it's far the very best mountain at the peninsula and has a glacier at its top. The volcano may be seen on clean days from Reykjavik, a distance of about 120 km.

The mountain is also called the setting of the unconventional Journey to the Center of the Earth via the French writer Jules Verne. The region surrounding Snæfellsjokull has been precise one of the 4 National Parks through the authorities of Iceland. The peninsula is one of the principal settings inside the Laxdoela saga and it became, in line with this saga, the birthplace of the first West Norse member of the Varangian Guard, Bolli Bollasson. Other historic folks who lived in the place according to the saga consist of Guorun Osvifursdottir, Bolli porleiksson and Snorri Gooi.

Local fishing villages and small towns on the northern shore of Snaefellsnes include Arnarstapi, Hellnar, Rif, Olafsvik, Grundarfjorour and Stykkisholmur. Near Hellissandur is the tallest shape in western Europe, the Longwave Radio Mast at Hellissandur. In June 2008, the human beings of Snaefellsnes reached certification reputation as an EarthCheck network, becoming the first EarthCheck-certified location in Iceland and in Europe, and only the fourth in the world.