Bridge over the glacier river Skeidarar in the 30 km wide eastern part of the Skeidararsandur in June 1997, the left part of the bridge was destroyed during the glacier outburst flood in November

Bridge over the glacier river Skeidarar in the 30 km wide eastern part of the Skeidararsandur in June 1997, the left part of the bridge was destroyed during the glacier outburst flood in November 1996, the flood wave is said to have been up to 40 m high, the coastal shore of the sandur was pushed up to 600 m further into the sea. The access ramp was rebuilt after the flood wave, the provisional ring road had only been passable here again for a few days.

Günther Glauz† 23.02.2007, 1160 Views, 0 Comments * automatically translated