Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
basalt
- hard volcanic rock that often solidifies into hexagonal columns
bíó
- cinema
brennivín
- local schnapps
bær
- farm
caldera
- crater created by the collapse of a volcanic cone
dalur
- valley
eddas
- ancient Norse books
ey
- island
fell
- see fjall
fjall
- mountain
fjörður
- fjord
foss
- waterfall
fumarole
- vents in the earth releasing volcanic gas
gata
- street
geyser
- spouting hot spring
gistiheimilið
- guesthouse
gjá
- fissure, rift
goðar
- political and religious leaders of certain districts in the times before Christianity
(singular goði)
hákarl
- putrid shark meat
hestur
- horse
hot-pot
- outdoor hot tub or spa pool, found at swimming baths and some accommodation;
in Icelandic, hot-pot is heitur pottur
hraun
- lava field
huldufólk
- hidden people
hver
- hot spring
höfn
- harbour
ice cap
- permanently frozen glacier or mountain top
Íslands
- Iceland
jökull
- glacier, ice cap
kirkja
- church
kort
- map
