Gullfoss - Iceland
N 64° 19.570 W 020° 07.462
27W E 542327 N 7133652
Gullfoss (English: Golden Falls) is a waterfall in southwest Iceland. It was featured on an Iceland postage stamp in 1931.
Waymark Code: WMPFAZ
Location: Iceland
Date Posted: 08/22/2015
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"Gullfoss ("Golden Falls") is a waterfall located in the canyon of Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The wide Hvítá rushes southward. About a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m and 21 m) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (66 ft) wide, and 2.5 km in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running over this waterfall is 140 m³/s in the summertime and 80 m³/s in the wintertime. The highest flood measured was 2000 m³/s."
--Wikipedia (
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Stamp Issuing Country: Iceland
Date of Issue: 1931
Denomination: 5 Icelandic eyrir
Color: Gray and white
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
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