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Reynir Destination Guide

Discover Reynir in Iceland

Reynir in the region of South is a town located in Iceland - some 100 mi or ( 161 km ) South-East of Reykjavík , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Reynir

Local time in Reynir is now 08:10 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Reykjavik " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Skeidflotur, Sauðárkrókur, Dyrholahverfi, Akureyri, and Selfoss. When in this area, you might want to check out Skeidflotur . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Reynir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

The beach Vik; Iceland (and music by Sandy Denny)

4:05 min by nonicknameyet
Views: 9058 Rating: 4.95

For me Iceland is the most wonderful place on this earth (sigh). This vid gives an impression of the beach near Vik and the rock Dyrhólaey (dont ask me to pronounce it ;) ). Music by the one and only ..

Black sand and surf at Dyrnholaey

0:48 min by lsuvetgirl
Views: 1018 Rating: 3.00

Here we are on a black sand/rock beach near our puffin hunting expedition. Just a little scenery shot, doesn't really show much except for us having a good time. ..


Windy and snow near Vik, Iceland (15-03-09)

0:28 min by AletheaWilliam
Views: 813 Rating: 0.00

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National road N1 to Vik Iceland

0:43 min by João Leitão
Views: 468 Rating: 0.00

Sun shine in the national road N1 to Vik in Iceland. On the way to vik i got to see this nice colors and nice river coming from the mountains meeting the sea and the road passes there. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Vík í Mýrdal

The village of Vík (or Vík í Mýrdal in full) is the southernmost village in Iceland, located on the main ring road around the island, around 180 km by road SSE of Reykjavík. Despite its small size (291 inhabitants as of January 2011) it is the largest settlement for some 70 km around and is an important staging post, thus it is indicated on road signs from a long distance away.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.42 -19.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Populated places in Iceland, Populated places on Iceland's Route 1

Mýrdalshreppur

Mýrdalshreppur is a municipality located in southern Iceland. As of January 2011, it had a total population of 469 and a population density of 0.65 per square kilometre . The total area is 755 square kilometres . The main village is Vík.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.42 -19.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Iceland

Reynisdrangar

Reynisdrangar are basalt sea stacks situated under the mountain Reynisfjall near the village Vík í Mýrdal, southern Iceland. Legend says that the stacks originated when two trolls dragged a three-masted ship to land unsuccessfully and when daylight broke they became needles of rock.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.40 -19.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Columnar basalts, Iceland East Volcanic Zone, Stacks (geology), Volcanism of Iceland

Dyrhólaey

The small peninsula, or promontory, Dyrhólaey (120m) (formerly known as Cape Portland by English seamen) is located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the Icelandic word eyja meaning island. The view from up there is interesting: To the north is to be seen the big glacier Mýrdalsjökull.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 63.40 -19.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Peninsulas of Iceland, South Iceland