Skip to main content

Caves in East Iceland

Geologist of Breiðdalssetur measured and mapped three caves in East Iceland by wish of locals: Skriðnahellir close to Borgarfjörður eystri in May 2016, Þjófahola in Álftafjörður in June 2016 and a cave on Fljótsdalsheiði in September 2017. Martin Gasser is an experienced speleologist. The results are visible below:

SKRIÐNAHELLIR in Njárðvík bay close to Borgarfjörður eystri

skridnahellir planskridna combined skridnahellir 23 5 16   

Video by Hlýnur Sveinsson who grave the cave up. It disappeared under a landslide 20 years ago.

Ruv article from May 23rd 2016 

 

 ÞJÓFAHOLA in Álftafjörður

thjofaholathjofahola alftafj thjofahola lodrett  teikna thjofahola

Ruv article from July 16th 2016           Article on homepage of Djúpavogshreppur community

 "Expedition videos" by Andrés Skúlason":

Þjófahola Álftafirði Djúpavogshreppi 5 juní´2016 1 þáttur part 1   -   Þjófahola 2 þáttur Martin sígur niður part 2  

Þjófahola 3 þáttur part 3  -   Þjófahola uppdráttur ferðalok part 4

Article in East Iceland magazine Glettingur 22 (2000) - Sigið í Þjófaholu í Álftafirði - by Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson

Cave on Fljótsdalsheiði, Fljótsdalshérað

 Data following

  • Created on .
  • Hits: 1518