Reykjanestá

They are popular bird cliffs with nests of European herring gulls (larus argentatus), Northern fulmars (fulmarus glacialis), black-legged kittiwakes (rissa tridactyla) and ravens (corvus corax).

Sometimes also the Stampar [ˈstam̥par̥] crater rows from eruptions during the 13th century within the Reykjanes Volcanic System are counted in as well as the high temperature area around the mud resp.

[1] The 14 km broad strait between the peninsula and the island of Eldey is often used by ships and at the same time heavy currents accompany the tides in both directions so that the area had a bad reputation[4] which many shipwrecks confirm.

The next lighthouse could not be constructed before 1908 and was then built up on the hill of Vatnafell [ˈvahtnaˌfɛtl̥] at about 1 km from the coast line where it stands till today [1] in 73 m msl.

[5] Two known films were produced in this landscape: Prince of Darkness (Myrkrahöfðinginn), a film by the Icelandic director Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, in 2000, near the lighthouse,[4] and Flags of Our Fathers by Clint Eastwood about 10 km away in and around the bays Litla-Sandvík [ˈlɪhtla-ˌsantˌviːk] and Stóra-Sandvík [ˈstouːra-][6] in 2006.