Asbyrgi (Shelter of the Gods) is a horseshoe-shaped canyon in Jokulsargljufur within the Vatnajokull National Park. Viking settlers believed to be a hoof-print formed by Sleipnir, Odin’s eight-legged flying horse from Norse mythology.
Ásbyrgi is one of the wonders of nature, a well forested horse-shoe shaped canyon in Oxarfjordur. Asbyrgi is a part of Jökulsárgljúfur canyon, within the Vatnajökull National Park. The Jökulsárgljúfur site of the National park reaches from highway 85, by Ásbyrgi south to Dettifoss, covering an area of 120 km2.
The ‘echo rocks’ or Hljóðaklettar, are a collection of basalt columns lying in every which direction to create unique formations and arched caves that are known to create eerie echoes and reverberations. The rocks are located at the entrance to Vesturdalur, in the Vatnajökull National Park. The signs at the newly developed overlook parking area called this place "The Lava Church" now.
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