Vatnajökulsvegur
Vatnajökulsvegur (Icelandic pronunciation: Alþingi at Þingvellir where he needed to defend his father bishop Oddur Einarsson. In the summer 1839 Björn Gunnlaugsson and pastor Siguður Gunnarsson travelled along Vatnajökulsvegur.[1]
Vatnajökulsvegur would start on the farm Brú in
Rangárvallasýslu, Landsveit over Tungnaaá and Kaldakvísl to Illugaver by Sauðafell and then over the lava fields to Vonarskarð and further east along the glacier to Hvannalindir and then to Brú. The stories about Vatnajökulsvegur interested the nature researcher I. C. Schythe who travelled the route on horseback in 1840 over Sprengisandur north Tungnafellsjökull to Hvannalindir. It took 34 hours from Sprengisandur.[2]
- On a map of Iceland from 1844, Vatnajokulsvegur is shown going through Vonarskard pass.
References
- ^ Helgi Björnsson, The Glaciers of Iceland: A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview, Springer, 2016 page 508
- ^ Daniel Bruun,Vatnajökulsvegur" samt Undersøgelser ved VatnaJökulls Nord- og Vestrand, Geografisk Tidsskrift, Bind 28 (1925) -3