Teigarhorn

Teigarhorn is a farm and headland just outside Djupivogur that is internationally known among mineralogists for its zeolites - crystals that grew in cavities in the basalt as hot water moved through it - and specimens collected here in the nineteenth century are in museum collections across Europe. The site was protected as a natural monument in 1975 and became a country park later, and collecting minerals is not allowed. The old farmhouse holds a small exhibition, partly about the mineral history and partly about Nicoline Weywadt, who lived here and was the first woman in Iceland to work as a photographer. Iceland's highest recorded air temperature, 30.5 degrees in June 1939, was measured at this station.

Highlights

• A world-class zeolite locality - crystals grown in basalt cavities.
• Protected since 1975 - collecting is prohibited.
• Nicoline Weywadt's house - the first Icelandic woman to work as a photographer.
• The national heat record - 30.5 degrees measured here in June 1939.

When to go

May to September; the exhibition keeps summer hours. Two hours.

What to expect

You cannot take anything away, and the best crystals are long gone to museums - what is visible in the rock is modest. The exhibition is small and seasonal. The shore is slippery and the path is rough in places.

Nearby

Djupivogur is minutes south; Papey lies offshore from there.