Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Landnámabók
- comprehensive historical text recording the Norse settlement of Iceland
laug
- pool; one that is suitable for swimming
lava tube
- underground tunnel created by liquid lava flowing under a solid crust
lón
- lagoon
lopapeysa/lopapeysur
(sg/pl) - Icelandic woollen sweater
lundi
- puffin
mudpot
- bubbling pool of superheated mud
mörk
- woods or forest; colloquially mörk also refers to the goals in football, and the ear-
marks of sheep
nes
- headland
norður
- north
puffling
- baby puffin
reykur
- smoke, as in Reykjavík (literally 'Smoky Bay')
safn
- museum
sagas
- Icelandic legends
sandur
- sand; can also reference a glacial sand plain
scoria
- glassy volcanic lava
shield volcano
- gently sloped volcano built up by fluid lava flows
sími
- telephone
skáli
- hut, snack bar
stræti
- street
suður
- south
sumar
- summer
sundlaug
- heated swimming pool
tephra
- rock/material blasted out from a volcano
tjörn
- pond, lake
torg
- town square
vatn
- lake, water
vegur
- road
vestur
- west
vetur
- winter
vík
- bay
