[1] The waterfall is situated above a deeply recessed black basalt shelf in the Kvernugil canyon along the course of the Kvernuhólsá river, which originates from the meltwater of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier.

If the area is free of snow it is possible to walk behind the waterfall and obtain a view down the Kvernugil canyon into which the river falls.

[2] Due to the amount of spray the waterfall consistently produces, a single or double rainbow is normally visible on sunny days.

As with nearby Skógafoss the cliff from which the water falls once overlooked the ocean.

It can be reached by walking less than a kilometre from the car park of the Skógar Museum along a path up the canyon.