2022-02-08

Dyrhólaós lake │ Iceland Photo Gallery

Documenting Iceland

by: Rafn Sig,-

Dyrhólaey er móbergsstapi í Mýrdal á suðurströnd Íslands. Hún dregur nafn sitt af því að gat hefur myndast á þessum um það bil 120 metra háa skaga sem sjórinn flæðir í gegnum. Klettatanginn sem skagar fram úr eynni og gatið er í gegnum nefnist Tóin. Dyrhólaey er einnig nefnd Portland af sjómönnum. Hún var lengi syðsti oddi fastalands Íslands en eftir Kötlugosið 1918 hefur Kötlutangi verið syðsti oddi landsins. Í eynni er mikil lundabyggð. Dyrhólaey var friðlýst árið 1978.

Undan Dyrhólaey eru allnokkrir drangar úti í sjónum. Þekktastur þeirra er Háidrangur, sem er þverhníptur og 56 metrar á hæð. Hann kleif Eldeyjar-Hjalti Jónsson fyrstur manna árið 1893 að beiðni bænda í Mýrdal og rak þá nagla í bergið og setti keðjur á nokkrum stöðum, svo að eftir það var hægt að nýta dranginn til fuglatekju. Aðrir drangar eru Lundadrangur, Mávadrangur, Kambur og Kvistdrangur.

Árið 1910 var byggður viti á eynni, hann var endurbyggður 1927. Upphaflega hafði vitavörðurinn fasta búsetu á staðnum.

The small peninsula, or promontory, Dyrhólaey (0.192 Miles / 120 meters) (formerly known as “Cape Portland” by seamen) is located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the Icelandic word eyja meaning island.

The view from Dyrhólaey is interesting: To the north is to be seen the big glacier Mýrdalsjökull. To the east, the black lava columns of the Reynisdrangar come out of the sea, and to the west the whole coastline in the direction of Selfoss is visible – depending on weather conditions. In front of the peninsula, there is a gigantic black arch of lava standing in the sea, which gave the peninsula its name (meaning: the hill-island with the door-hole).

In one of the many caves here – there is a local legend about a monster having lived here for many centuries. The monster seems to have disappeared after a landslide over 100 years ago…sed to call it “Blow hole”. There are also amazing rock formations all along the Birdlife here is abundant, with puffins and eider ducks being the most common species in the area. The lighthouse on the top of the cliff stands impressive and stoic in this often very windy area.

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