Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Iceland
Detourmap lists 387 places in Iceland, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (384). Best known: Eyjafjallajökull. 215 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 387
- Oldest here
- Surtsey 1963
- Little known
- 215 of 387
- City page
- 1
By region
3 first-level divisions of Iceland have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
One city in Iceland has enough places for a page of its own.
Nature & landscapes in Iceland 384
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2.Surtsey
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
Volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland
Archaeological & historic sites in Iceland 3
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2.1973 US Navy C-117D Sólheimasandur Crash
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1973 plane crash in Iceland
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3.Þjóðveldisbærinn Stöng
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur, Iceland
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Iceland?
Eyjafjallajökull. Ice cap in Iceland covering the caldera of a volcano. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Iceland?
387: 384 nature & landscapes and 3 archaeological & historic sites. 215 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Iceland?
Surtsey, dated to 1963. 13 of the 387 places here carry a founding date at all.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.