This is a photograph of a sign that greeted us at the entrance to Höfði Nature Park. This lovely park is covered with birch and spruce trees. While our guide and the two other couples with us walked around the park, Brad and I did some birding to see what avian species we could locate. The Nature Park also has some interesting lava pillars (klasar in Icelandic) along the shore. Höfði Nature Park is located on the southeastern edge of Lake Mývatn, a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, not far from Krafla volcano. The lake and its surrounding wetlands have an exceptionally rich fauna of waterbirds, especially ducks. The lake was created by a large basaltic lava eruption 2300 years ago, and the surrounding landscape is dominated by volcanic landforms, including lava pillars and rootless vents (pseudocraters). Lake Mývatn and the surrounding wetlands are protected as a nature reserve (The Mývatn-Laxá Nature Conservation Area). Temperatures were around 20° C. with overcast skies.
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