Fjaðrárgljúfur

63.77125 - 18.171944Koordinaten: 63 ° 46 ' 16.5 "N, 18 ° 10' 19 " W

Fjaðrárgljúfur a canyon in the south-east of Iceland, about 8 kilometers west of Kirkjubæjarklaustur is located.

He can be reached via the road F206.

The canyon is up to 100 meters deep in some places and has a length of about 2 km. Through them, the eponymous river Fjaðrá flows.

The result is the gorge through the power of flowing water, the Coming of the glaciers pushed his way through the Palagonitgestein and dug deeper and deeper into it over the millennia.

The canyon is protected.