Iceland waterfalls map

West Iceland carries the largest count, which surprises people who expect the South Coast to win — it is a big region with a lot of small named falls, while the South Coast has fewer falls that far more people have heard of. Region pages list every fall in that region; the map link opens the same interactive map centred there with the waterfall layer already on.

Region is where a fall sits in our data, not a claim about which tour sells it. A handful of same-name falls exist in more than one region — Iceland reuses names like Selfoss, Sjávarfoss and Rjúkandi freely — so trust the coordinate, not the name.

Decimal degrees, WGS-84 — the format every phone map and rental sat-nav accepts. Paste the pair with a comma between them. The coordinate points at the waterfall, which is not always where you park: at Gullfoss, Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss, Goðafoss and Dettifoss the car park is signed off the road within a short walk, and everywhere else you drive to the nearest road access and walk in.

A coordinate says nothing about whether today’s road to it is open. Morsárfoss and the Highlands falls in this table sit behind gravel and F-roads that are shut for much of the year; check today’s road conditions and the F-road status before you set off, and use can I drive there today? for a verdict on the actual route. Morsárfoss in particular is a glacier-fed fall seen from a distance on foot in Skaftafell, not a roadside stop.