Red ash hills & Rauðaskál in Iceland

Colorful deposits of volcanic ash in reds and yellows, Iceland, Golden Circle

 

 

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Red Ash Island

New River Gorge National Park & Preserve

 

Raudholar are a group of pseudocraters on the southeastern edge of Iceland's capital city, Reykjavik

Cemetery in Red Ash

NPS/Kate Caplinger

 

Red Ash Island is a 12-acre pseudo-isle previously used by the Red Ash mining community. The Island had swimming holes, a baseball diamond, dance platform, and most notably, a cemetery.

In the mid 1890s, the island was first utilized as a pesthouse for those afflicted with smallpox. Patients who succumbed to the illness were buried on-site. Gravesites were added in the subsequent years after mining disasters and an influenza outbreak. The cemetery collected over 200 graves, many of which are unmarked or have since become overgrown and subsumed by the forest. Only a handful of tombstones remain.

From this coordinate on the trail, the hike to the island is moderate, and can be found by exiting the trail to go over the hillside towards the river bank. After approximately 200 feet there is a creek, over which the island sits as an elevated plot of land.

 

Raudaholar Red Mountain Peak Hill Volcanism 

 

Raudholar are a group of pseudocraters on the southeastern edge of Iceland's capital city, Reykjavik. Their name translates to "the Red Hills," as they're known for their distinct red color. The Raudholar craters are a beautiful geological formation located on the outskirts of Reykjavik.

 

 

Red ash hills in Iceland

 

Red ash hills in Iceland

Stony grays and mossy greens dominate many scenes here in the 'Land of Fire and Ice,' but a four-hour drive around the Golden Circle proves Iceland has plenty of colors on its palette. Driving this popular four-hour loop starting in Reykjavik, you can see red ash hills like this in the uplands southeast of town, get a dose of bright blue from glacier-fed streams and pools that dot the route, and watch whole rainbows form in the mists of Gullfoss and Geysir. Not tired of all this color yet? Take a stroll once you're back in Reykjavik, where the houses' hues are anything but humdrum.

 

 

Hiking in Iceland EP 3: Rauðaskál - The Apple Crater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMVZJIjZdQI

 

Iceland's Volcanic Landscape: Apple Crater & Hekla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR9y3BUjxR8

 

Iceland 🇮🇸, Apple Crater #iceland #apple #applecrater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DjDG81DJ18

 

The final ascent of the Hekla F-road track.

 

This landscape is part of the Hekla volcanic system in the southern Highlands of Iceland.

 

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Raudaskal aka Apple Crater

Raudaskal aka Apple Crater in the southern highlands of Iceland

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Icelandic Highlands Gems – Rauðaskál.

Rauðaskál

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