Iceland: North of Myvatn - HVERIR

The Ring Road in red, Hverir and Gunnuhver hotsprings in dark circles.

Both are on the tectonic fault.

I hope that I am right to say that "hver" is an Icelandic word for a hot spring.
Remember Gunnuhver?
Having this "vast" knowledge of about 10 Icelandic words these days, I could translate that as Gunna's hotsprings.

As for Hverir - situated exactly on the opposite side of Iceland's continental rift line - I can only say that it is a hot, hot, hot area. A very hot set of hot springs. How is that for a translation?

It all starts at the North end of Myvatn - the midge lake - whose western shores are dotted with pseudo-craters and the eastern ones remind us of Lord of the Ring. Not to be outdone, the north end of the lake presents the traveler with something entirely different. Steam is rising from both, land and water, letting us know that landmass is being split right underneath our feet.

One can tell not only by the rising steam but also by a number of geothermal structures present in the area.

And that is only the beginning.  A chain of low mountain ridges rises towards east - and behind it lie vast mountain plateaus ruled by tectonic forces.
It is there, behind the ridge, that
 Hverir shows off its best.

Some say that this area reminds them of Yellowstone, USA. The steam hisses out of the guts of Earth - 200 degrees celsius and more. The mud bubbles in the dark pools, sending blasts of hot muck into the air. The smells are the same - sulfuric, rotten egg assaults to the olfactory senses.
Yellowstone minus the greenery. No bison, no elk or wolf .....just the raw, steaming and bubbling Earth!
Downright humbling to a human being and a "must to do" experience.

Famous Krafla, the volcano, reigns to the North, not far from here.
If, or rather when, it awakens again Hverir will change to something else.