Helgafell

Local nameHelgafell
LocationWestern Region, Iceland

Helgafell is a small mountain on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland. The mountain is 73 metres high. A temple in honor of Thor was built there by Þórólfr Mostrarskegg, the first settler of the area.

His biography is described in literary form with fictional and mythical elements in Eyrbyggja saga.Helgafell also appears in the Laxdæla saga as the location where the heroine Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir last lived and is supposedly where she is buried.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgafell

Address Iceland

Coordinates 65°2'32.604" N -22°43'44.22" E

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