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Waterfalls in Iceland

Iceland has 69 waterfalls on Detourmap — waterfalls, cascades and cataracts. The best known is Dettifoss. All of them are below.

Waterfalls
69
Of nature
69 of 384
Little known
43 of 69
Oldest
Morsárfoss 2007

Questions about this page

How many waterfalls are there in Iceland?

69 on this map, out of 384 nature & landscapes in Iceland. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.

What is the best known waterfall in Iceland?

Dettifoss. Waterfall.

Which waterfalls in Iceland are the least visited?

43 of the 69 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.

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.

Waterfalls elsewhere

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More in Iceland

All 384 nature & landscapes in Iceland → · All 387 places in Iceland →