Stytta, hundur a mountain pass between Eyjafjallajökull

a mountain pass between Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers in the south of Iceland

An old folktale explains the pillars as two trolls who were dragging a ship to land but were caught in the light of dawn and turned to stone

Text on back of card: Dettifoss - a waterfall in the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum

Historically

Agriculture and scenic nature are the characteristic features of the massive land area that stretches from Biskupsháls in the west and Héraðsflói bay in the north to the mountain ranges surrounding the central eastern fjords in the east and to Vatnajökull and Öxi in the south

Stytta, hundur a mountain pass between EyjafjallajökullStr: 60 mm 2,4 in.