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Beach · Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland

Reynisfjara

Black sand, basalt columns and sneaker waves that have killed people who turned their backs on the sea. Watch the water; it is not a beach for paddling.

Vík í Mýrdal, IcelandSlaettaratindur — 882 mReykjavík, IcelandÞingvellir, IcelandHöfn & Jökulsárlón, IcelandHúsavík, IcelandÍsafjörður, IcelandVík í MýrdalSlaettaratindur 882 mReykjavíkHúsavíkÍsafjörður
Reynisfjara is in Vík í Mýrdal, and this is Vík í Mýrdal — the atlas draws Europe in one projection whose finest unit is about four kilometres, so it maps the town rather than the street. The frame is about 2,400 km across and 850 km deep at this latitude. Coastline from Natural Earth, public domain. The full map →

Give it 1 hour · Open year-round · 63.406°N, -19.045°E

Accessibility

Not documented. EuropeDoor holds no step-free access, hearing loop or accessible toilet information for any place, and inventing it would be worse than the gap — the position in full.

Getting there

Ring Road 1 circles the island in 1,330 km and most visitors drive it. All of Iceland →

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Vík í Mýrdal · The South Coast & East · Iceland

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The record

What this atlas holds about Reynisfjara, and nothing it does not.

Kind
Beach
Give it
1 hour
Season
Open year-round
Where
63.406°N, -19.045°E
In
Vík í Mýrdal