Látrabjarg

Látrabjarg is 14km long and reaches 444m high. It´s the westernmost point of Europe and the home of one of the world’s biggest Black Guillemot bird colonies.  The cliffs are occupied by millions of Puffins, Gannets, Guillmots and Razorbills. It´s thought to be one of the largest razorbill colony on the earth.

In the centuries of the past the cliff was a major local source of food. Farmers would catch birds and gather eggs, risking their lives as they dangled precariously over the cliff top. Eggs are still collected from the cliff today, partly to keep alive this tradition that has been handed from one generation to the next for centuries.

One of the bravest rescue operations in Iceland’s history was undertaken beneath Latrabjarg when the British traveler Dhoon stranded beneath the 200m Bæjarbjarg in the frost and fierce weather in December 1947. Local farmers saved the lives of 14 crew members by scaling down the sheer icy cliff under treacherous conditions.

Enjoy this unforgettable bird cliff on the edge of the world with white sand beaches and Snaefellsjokull glacier in the distance.