Mígandifoss
Mígandifoss is a landscape in North Iceland, Iceland — about 421 km from Reykjavik and reached by a straightforward drive from the nearest highway turnoff. Shoot it during the summer window, when light, road status, and crowd levels line up for photography, then use the GPS coordinates, parking notes, and nearby waypoints below to fold this stop into a longer photography route.
Overview
A waterfall north of Dalvik in the Northeastern Region of Iceland.
As a photography stop, Mígandifoss is a landscape in North Iceland, roughly 421 km from Reykjavik, reached by a straightforward drive from the nearest highway turnoff. Plan the shoot during the summer window, when light, road status, and crowd levels line up for photography. The downloadable Landscape map pins exact GPS coordinates, parking, and nearby waypoints so you can fold it into a wider route instead of hunting for the pull-off on arrival.
Mígandifoss is one waypoint of many — you can load the Iceland landscape photo map before you leave signal.
Notes on this location
Compiled from published sources rather than a visit. Sources are listed below.
An 80 m fall straight into Eyjafjörður from snowmelt off Kerahnjúkur/Kistifjall, 7 km east of Ólafsfjörður on road 82. It is not an officially named waterfall, does not appear on maps, and runs mainly in early summer or after heavy rain.
- Height
- About 80 m, ending directly in Eyjafjörður
- Source
- Meltwater from Kerahnjúkur/Kistifjall over a cliff
- Where
- Road 82 (Ólafsfjarðarvegur), 7 km east of Ólafsfjörður
- When it runs
- Mainly early summer, when there is enough snowmelt, or after heavy rainfall. It may not be flowing outside those conditions
- Not officially named
- The source states it is not an official named waterfall and cannot be found on a map, though photographs circulate under Mígandifoss, Mígindisfoss and Bergárfoss
- Access
- No good parking and no signposting; seen from pullouts along the road, or from the water
This is the one location in the catalog where the honest advice is to have a second plan. Everything about it — unnamed, unmapped, unsignposted, snowmelt-fed — means a trip out from Ólafsfjörður can find a dry cliff. Worth the 7 km when it is running in June; not worth building a day around in September.
Light & aurora at this spot
Calculated from this location’s coordinates (66.067, -18.532). Iceland stays on UTC year-round, so these are local times.
- Summer
- Midnight sun in June — the sun does not set, so golden light runs for hours either side of midnight.
- Winter
- December: only 2.9 h of daylight (11:43–14:35), but the sun never climbs above 0.7° — the entire day is golden hour. Sunrise bears SSE, sunset SSW.
- Aurora
- Aurora-grade darkness Sep–Mar, peaking at 13.1 h a night in December. Not possible Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug — the sky never gets dark enough.
Bar height is daylight hours. Months marked • have enough astronomical darkness for aurora; the rest do not.
Questions & answers
Mígandifoss is a landscape in North Iceland, Iceland, approximately 421 km from Reykjavik. Exact GPS coordinates are included in the downloadable Landscape map.
The recommended season for Mígandifoss is Summer. For light, plan around blue hour and the first hour after sunrise; Iceland's long shoulder-season twilight extends usable conditions on either side.
Drive access. A standard rental car works in most seasons; check road status in winter before committing. The downloadable GPS map puts the waypoint on your phone; your own app routes you to it from wherever you are.
Mígandifoss is best visited during Summer. Outside that window, expect limited access, weather closures, or significantly different photographic conditions.