South, IS

Reynisfjara

Water Bodyocean
Sand Typesand
CountryIS
RegionSouth

Getting There

Nearest CityVestmannaeyjar60.1 km
Airport (VEY)Vestmannaeyjar Airport60.2 km

Safety & Conditions

LifeguardNo
Shark Incidents0recorded

Facilities

✗ Wheelchair Accessible

Sand & Geology

black

Reynisfjara's pitch-black sand is fragmented basalt from the Katla volcanic system, deposited by the turbulent North Atlantic. The beach is backed by columnar basalt cliffs where rapid cooling of thick lava produced regular hexagonal joints.

Predicted regional compositionlithic-rich (volcanic/collisional terrane)
L 86%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Reynisfjara is located on Iceland's South Coast, approximately 180 kilometers from Reykjavik. The drive takes roughly two and a half hours under normal conditions via Route 1 (the ...

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