Location: Map
Height: 82 ft (25 m)
Svartifoss Waterfall is located in
Vatnajökull National
Park (former Skaftafell National Park) in Iceland. Its name
means "black fall" after black lava columns that surround the
waterfall.
Svartifoss Waterfall reaches the height of 25 meters (82 feet).
Svartifoss is one of the most famous waterfalls in the country, due
to its beautiful surroundings made of unusually regular, valid
basalt factors. The coefficients were formed about 300,000 years
ago, when lava flowed down Skaftafellsheiði and filled an old river
channel. During slow cooling, the rock contracted and split into
coils perpendicular to the cooling surface.
The Stuðlaberg
formation around the waterfall was Guðjón Samúelsson's inspiration
for the design of many buildings, e.g. of the ceiling in the hall of
the National Theater, the external appearance of Hallgrímskirkja and
Akureyrarkirkja.
These basalt columns have inspired many Icelandic architects to create magnificent masterpieces of classical architecture, the most notable of which are Hallgrimyur Church in Reykjavik and the National Theater.