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Námafjall Geothermal Area

Hverarönd
Hverarönd. / Pjt56, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

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Large, colorful geothermal field with boiling mud pots, solfataras, sulfur deposits. Once important mine of sulfur for the medieval Europe.

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GPS coordinates
65.6410 N 16.8092 W
Location, address
Europe, Iceland, Norðurland eystra, to the north-east from Lake Mývatn, east from Reykjahlíð
Alternate names
Hverir Geothermal Field, Námafjell

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