Akureyri · Iceland

Skútustaðagígar pseudocraters

Pseudocrater field on the south shore of Mývatn by Route 848, with a short loop path from the car park.

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“2014-04-28 10-55-29 Iceland - Mývatni Reykjahlíð” by Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Why it works for the aurora

View: North over Mývatn and the pseudocraters.
Darkness: Dark sky, grade 1 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Little artificial light; a good place for faint aurora and the Milky Way.
Aurora: Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.

Getting there

Distance: About 62 km by road from Akureyri (estimate), roughly 1 h 12 by car.
Parking: Car park.
Coordinates: 65.5684, -17.0385 · Open in OpenStreetMap

Before you go

Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Iceland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.

Spot information from openstreetmap.org.