Hvítserkur After Sunset | Iceland | Vatnsnes Peninsula

Hvítserkur, a 15-meter tall basalt formation that sits just off the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes Peninsula in Iceland. This monolith is often called the Troll, a reference to the legend of a troll that lived in Strandir. The troll was turned to stone when it did not take shelter from the light of sunrise. The white areas on the rock comprise guano from birds.

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Hvítserkur, a 15-meter tall basalt formation that sits just off the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes Peninsula in Iceland. This monolith is often called the Troll, a reference to the legend of a troll that lived in Strandir. The troll was turned to stone when it did not take shelter from the light of sunrise. The white areas on the rock comprise guano from birds.