Reykjanes (The Steamy Peninsula) is the name of the southwesternmost tip of the country. The area is and looks very volcanically active and barren. The most conspicuous are the old shield volcanoes and the crater rows, most of which probably were created in historical times.
Its four (or five) volcanic regions are called Reykjanes-Grindavik-Vogar, Trolladyngja (often split into two regions), Krysuvik, Brennisteinsfjoll-Blafjoll and Hengill-Selvogur.  The drift zone cuts through all four or five regions and is the source of frequent earthquakes and high temperature areas have been created within it, such as at Reykjanes (the heel of the peninsula), in the Eldvorp area, the Svartsengi area, the Krysuvik area and the Mt Brennisteinsfjoll area.

Reykjanes Information Centre
Krossmoi 4,
260 Reykjanesbaer,
Tel.: 421-3520 / 893-4096
info@visitreykjanes.is