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1.9 km (1.2 miles) S of Skaftafell, Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, Iceland
Approx. altitude: 79 m (259 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 64°S 163°E

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: #02_view to the north #3: #03_view to the east #4: #04_view to the south #5: #05_view to the west #6: #06_GPS-reading at CP 64N-17W #7: #07_approach on the dam #8: #08_remains of a sheep #9: #09_one of the broken stones #10: #10_an other stony puzzle #11: #11_parking at the dam

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  64°N 17°W (visit #7) (secondary) 

#1: #01_location of CP 64N-17W from 75 m facing NE

(visited by Thomas Barthel)

28-Aug-2023 --

During a two week road-trip through Iceland together with a friend of mine, I took the chance to visit the some confluence points.

To reach the confluence point 64N-17W you just need to walk through a dry riverbed. This became clear after reading the maps and some reports from previous visitors. After leaving the Suðurlandsvegur 1, it is possible to drive upon a embankment for about 1.7 km and park the car there. The two km long way by foot leads over a rough riverbed with lots of pebbles and stones. Some of them were broken by the force of nature. Due to the differences of temperature und the time, these stones are fragmented into pieces and lying like this at the same place since many years, see picture #9 and picture #10. The differences of altitude in the riverbed was about two meters. At the exact confluence point, only about 50 m away from the river Morsà, I could take the necessary images. Direction northeast some houses of the Skaftafell settlement could be seen. To the east and west the huge glacier tongues of the Vatnajökull were visible. In the photo to the south you can hardly recognize the large bridge Skeiðarárbrù of the ring road.

This visit was my fifth visit of a confluence point in Iceland. It was an easy and uncomplicated visit.


 All pictures
#1: #01_location of CP 64N-17W from 75 m facing NE
#2: #02_view to the north
#3: #03_view to the east
#4: #04_view to the south
#5: #05_view to the west
#6: #06_GPS-reading at CP 64N-17W
#7: #07_approach on the dam
#8: #08_remains of a sheep
#9: #09_one of the broken stones
#10: #10_an other stony puzzle
#11: #11_parking at the dam
ALL: All pictures on one page