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Mýrdalssandur Black Desert
Vík í Mýrdal, IcelandNot rated yetNo contributions
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63.4500, −18.8000
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A vast black volcanic sand desert east of Vík, regularly swept by jökulhlaups (glacial outburst floods) from Katla. Driving Route 1 at sunset with the glacier looming behind creates the uncanny sensation of traversing an alien world.
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- Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland
- 63.4500, −18.8000