Sunday, 6 July 2014
The Gooafoss is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Iceland. It is located in the Myvatn district of North-Central Iceland at the beginning of the Sprengisandur highland road. The water of the river Skjalfandafljot falls from a height of 12 meters over a width of 30 meters. In the year 999 or 1000 the Lawspeaker porgeir Ljosvetningagooi made Christianity the official religion of Iceland. After his conversion it is said that upon returning from the Alþingi, porgeir threw his statues of the Norse gods into the waterfall. porgeir's story is preserved in Ari porgilsson's Islendingabok. A window in the Cathedral of Akureyri (Akureyrarkirkja) illustrates this story. MS Gooafoss, an Icelandic ship named after the waterfall, was carrying both freight and passengers. It was sunk by a German U-Boat in World War II, resulting in great loss of lives. Source
