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Strokkur (Iceland)

Description: A geyser in the geothermic region beside the Hvítá River in Iceland.

Newest Review: ... from the word "gjosa" - to gush and if you don't know what it is - it is a phenomenon caused in volcanic areas by water working its way down the earth's surface until it comes into contact with hot magna and erupts. Geysir is the largest geyser, formerly extinct it started erupting again in 2002. For some reason, I expected it to do it whilst I was there and was a little ... more

... disappointed to find out that it only happens every 8-10 hours and wasn't going to do it whilst we were there (we were on a regular bus service which only stopped there for a while.) At 63m, it is surely a mammoth event and I do regret that we didn't get to see ...more

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Strokkur (Iceland): Someone is in a mood! (428 words)
by - written on 21/04/09 (Very useful, 22 readings)
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Although I was disappointed with Gulfoss, Geysir or its neighbour Strokkur, I should say - almost completely made up for it. I have to admit, I probably had got my hopes up far too much when it came to Geysir. I'd read about it for years and finally I was there, having spent the day travelling on a bus with steamed up windows over the overland route the Kjolur, there was little to do other than to be impatient about what awaited when we reached "The Golden Circle" Geysir is derived from the word "gjosa" - to gush and if you don't know what it is - it is a phenomenon caused in volcanic areas by water working its way down the earth's surface ... Read the complete review