Hverir

Hot springs

The Námafjall Geothermal Area is located in Northeast Iceland, on the east side of Lake Mývatn.At this area, also known as Hverir, you will see many smoking fumaroles and boiling mud pots, surrounded by sulphur crystals of many different colours. This sulphur gives the area an overwhelming smell of egg.The soil in the area has little vegetation due to the acidity caused by these geothermal processes.Around the area is a small hiking trail up to Námaskarð pass and Námafjall mountain, which returns to the highway and the parking lot.