Leirvogsvatn

#152 among destinations in Iceland

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Leirvogsvatn is a small lake, located about 23 kilometres northeast of Reykjavík, Iceland. It lies along Route 36. Located at 211 metres above sea level, it has an area of 1.2 square kilometres with a maximum depth of 16 metres. Fed by the Leirvogsvatn River, the lake is the subject of a legend in the form of a horse-shaped monster. The lake is known to contain populations of Gasterosteus islandicus. ()

Maximum depth: 52 ftElevation: 692 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 64°11'45"N, 21°27'17"W

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HöfuðborgarsvæðiIceland

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Leirvogsvatn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gljúfrasteinn, Esjan, Hengill.

4 miW
House museum of Nobel-winning author
Gljúfrasteinn
101 min walk • Gljúfrasteinn is a writer's home museum, which was the former home of Halldór Kiljan Laxness, a 1955 Nobel Prize for Literature winner. It is located in Mosfellsbær, east of Reykjavík, Iceland. The house was built in 1945 by Halldór and his wife Auður Sveinsdóttir.
6.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Esjan
167 min walk • Esja, incorrectly called Esjan, is a 914 m mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, about 10 km to the north of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík. Esja is not a single mountain, but a volcanic mountain range, made from basalt and tuff.
3.7 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Hengill
96 min walk • Hengill is a volcanic mountain range situated in the southwest of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir. The mountain range covers an area of about 100 km².