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Reykjavik-Hvalfjördur (Hvalfjörður)

2017; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-319-55152-4_11

2364-6497

Ágúst Guðmundsson,

Marine and environmental studies

During the first part of the excursion, we drive the same way as we did during the beginning of the Golden CircleGolden Circle drive (Fig. 11.1). That is, we drive from ReykjavikReykjavik (Reykjavík) through the town of Mosfellsbaer (Mosfellsbær). Where Road 1 meets Road 36 (east to ThingvellirThingvellir (Þingvellir) ) we continue to the north along Road 1 towards the mountain EsjaEsja . We have already discussed the main geological and landscapeLandscape features of the south slopes of EsjaEsja , including the flat top and clear rockslideRockslide (Figs. 4.3 and 4.4 ). The best views of the slopes in front of you now are those seen in Figs. 4.3 a, b. An aerial view of the part of Road 1 that you drive towards EsjaEsja is seen in Fig. 4.2 .