The Brennisteinsalda is a volcano in the south of Iceland. Its height is about 855 m. It is situated near Landmannalaugar and not very far from Hekla.
The name means in English: mountain of sulfur. It comes from the sulfur spots which have coloured its sides. But there are other colours, too: green from mosses, black and blue from lava and ashes, red from iron in the earth. It could very well be the most colourful mountain of Iceland and so its picture is often found in books and calendars.
The mountain is still visibly an active volcano with hot sulfur springs and vapour at its sides. The hiking trail Laugarvegur passes by. In front of it there is an obsidian lava field.
External links
Photo, parts of the mountain with the hiking trail Laugarvegur in the foreground (http://www.isafold.de/sprengisandur96/img_laugahraun.htm)
Photo of Brennisteinsalda (http://www.bildungsservice.at/faecher/geo/Staaten%20und%20Landschaften/Island/Island%202/Island%201996-0026%20-%20Landmannalaugar,%20Obsidianbrocken.JPG)
A tour to the highly colourful volcanic area of Landmannalaugar one of the most treasured reserves in the southern highlands of Iceland.
Landmannalaugar • valley of Dómadalur • Bláhnúkur mountain • Brennisteinsaldavolcanoe • geothermal pools •·lake Frostastaðavatn
The fabulous volcanic area of Landmannalaugar is part of a large volcanic system and is renowned for a great variety of colorful and oddly shaped mountains.
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