One more trip to Iceland for a lighthouse. This lighthouse gave me a Tolkienesque feel, though others might think it looks like a rocket ready for takeoff.
This is the Malarrif lighthouse, on the Snæfellnes peninsula. Here's what my favorite lighthouse site (UNC) has to say about it:
"1946 (station established 1917). Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); four flashes every 30 s, white, red or green depending on direction. 24 m (79 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with four buttresses, lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern red."
This map shows where the Snæfellnes peninsula is. The Malarrif lighthouse is right at the end of the peninsula (southern side), in Snæfellsjökull National Park. Snæfellsjökull itself is a big prominent volcano.
So here are the pictures of the lighthouse.
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