Svörtuloft lighthouse and rock in Iceland. The height of these sheer cliffs is approximately 20-60 meters, and the lighthouse is 20 meters high. This is to represent the scale of the huge ocean waves that have been crashing against these black lava rocks for thousands of years.
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| Svortuloft Lighthouse Iceland |
Lighthouse and rock Svörtuloft. Located in Snæfellsjökull National Park in Iceland. At the westernmost tip of the Snæfellsnes peninsula.
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| Svortuloft Lighthouse Iceland |
Svörtulof is a lighthouse and an impressive four-kilometer-long rock formed from black and gray lava. This rock was formed when molten lava met the cold sea, which means the word Svörtuloft in Icelandic.
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| Svortuloft Lighthouse Iceland |
This place has always been very difficult to navigate due to strong currents and sharp rocks, which often crashed ships. That is why this lighthouse was placed here.