Landscapes shaped by change.

Ice and fire

Glaciers sit alongside volcanoes, and some volcanoes lie beneath the ice. Past eruptions have left broad lava fields, rugged mountains and dark stretches of stone.

Water and coast

Rivers carry meltwater from the highlands towards the sea, sometimes falling over cliffs as waterfalls. Along parts of the southern coast, black volcanic sand meets the North Atlantic.

A living landscape

Mosses and other plants grow in sheltered places among the rock. These environments can be fragile, so visitors are asked to keep to marked paths and leave the land as they found it.