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№ 0038SOUTH COAST · IS
Over 10,000 waterfalls mapped with precise coordinates. I photographed dozens of hidden cascades that aren't in any guidebook. Absolutely essential for waterfall photography in Iceland.
№ 0047RING ROAD · IS
The complete set is incredible value. Every waterfall and lighthouse pinpointed perfectly — saved us hours of planning for our 10-day ring road trip.
№ 0025VESTMANNAEYJAR · IS
Found puffin colonies I didn't know existed. The seasonal timing notes were especially helpful — arrived at the perfect time to photograph nesting puffins at Látrabjarg.
Iceland is one of the most desired destinations for Landscape photographers. Whether you are visiting it in summer or in the winter the Landscape changes dramatically and offers a photographer many opportunities to capture a perfect shot.
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Iceland is home to over 10,000 waterfalls. There are many opportunities to capture a breathtaking shot of a beautiful waterfall.
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Lighthouses are one of the more elusive objects coveted by many photographers. Since Iceland is an island in the middle of an ocean it has many lighthouses up and down the coasts.
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Churches are one of the national treasures of Iceland. There are some that are very old and were built in the days of the Vikings. Others are modern and were built only a few years ago.
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Puffins are cute little birds that are no more than 13" long. They have yellow beaks and yellow feet which makes them a very interesting photography subject. Iceland has over 10 million of them.
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Best value

One bundle, every region

Skip the mental math. The complete set covers every category — waterfalls, lighthouses, churches, landscape viewpoints, and puffin colonies — for the price of two individual maps.

Buying each individually
Waterfall$20
Landscape$20
Lighthouse$13
Church$10
Birds (Puffins)$9
Total$72
All Maps bundle
$35
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Before you buy

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about formats, offline use, and which map fits your trip.

  • A library of photographer-curated GPS map files for Iceland. Every location is hand-picked as a photography viewpoint and shipped as KML, GPX, and GeoJSON files you can load into your phone, GPS device, or laptop and use offline.
  • If you're doing a single-subject trip (only waterfalls, only lighthouses, etc.) buy the matching category. If your trip covers two or more subjects — most Ring Road and 7+ day itineraries do — the All Maps bundle is cheaper than buying two individual maps.
  • Yes — that's the point. Once imported into Google My Maps, Gaia GPS, Google Earth, Garmin, or Maps.me, the waypoints live on your device and don't need cell service. Iceland's coverage is patchy outside the Ring Road, so offline is non-negotiable for the highlands, F-roads, and Westfjords.
  • Yes. We have step-by-step guides for Google Maps, Google Earth, and Gaia GPS. The files are standard formats — they also work in Garmin BaseCamp, Maps.me, OsmAnd, Locus Map, AllTrails, and any other app that accepts KML or GPX.
  • Yes. Pay once and download immediately. No subscription. Personal-use license covers your phone, a backup phone, a tablet, a GPS handheld, and a laptop.
  • Printed maps don't load into your phone, can't be searched, can't run on a GPS device, and can't update when locations change. Our files are designed to live in the apps you're already using — and to work where the road ends and the signal drops.

GPS Maps for Iceland Photography: Plan, Navigate, Shoot Offline

Iceland Photo Map sells GPS map files — KML, GPX, and GeoJSON — for 120+ Iceland photography locations across waterfalls, landscapes, lighthouses, churches, and bird colonies. Buy one category, buy the All Maps bundle, or start with the free sample. Maps load into Google My Maps, Gaia GPS, Garmin, and most phone navigation apps for offline use on the road.

Iceland Photo Map is a photographer-curated catalog of 120+ locations across the South Coast, Snaefellsnes, the Westfjords, and the Highlands — covering Skogafoss, Seljalandsfoss, Kirkjufell, Stokksnes, Diamond Beach, Latrabjarg, and dozens of lesser-known cascades, lighthouses, and turf churches. Every waypoint ships as KML, GPX, and GeoJSON so it loads into Google My Maps, Gaia GPS, Garmin, or your phone for offline use when cell coverage drops.

What you get when you buy a map

  • Precise GPS coordinates for every photo location, with distance from Reykjavik and the access road type.
  • Season notes so you can skip puffin sites in the wrong month and aurora foregrounds in the white-night window.
  • Three file formats — KML, GPX, GeoJSON — that work in every common GPS app, GPS device, and mapping tool.
  • Free sample file with three locations so you can verify the format works on your device before buying.

Free planning tools

You don't have to buy a map to start planning. The free itinerary builder generates a day-by-day photography route from the same catalog, the Iceland by the numbers atlas breaks the locations down by region and season, the open CC-BY dataset ships every location as a CSV, and the Lighthouse Challenge turns the lighthouse map into a structured trip.

Pick a starting category

Most photographers start with a single category map — waterfalls for South Coast trips, landscapes for the Ring Road, lighthouses for the Reykjanes and Snaefellsnes coasts, churches for cultural stops between landscape locations, and bird sites for the puffin window in summer. If you're covering more than one subject, the All Maps bundle is cheaper than buying two single maps.