The Viðmýri Church Skagafj6r6ur, in northern Iceland is one a few turf churches remaining in Iceland. Though the area has had a church since the 12th century the present church dates back to 1834. The church consists of wood, stone and turf. Its internal walls are wooden and 9.70 metres long, 3,90 metres wide and 4.3metres high. Externally these walls are surrounded by stone and then turf.
Skaftafell National Park has been submitted for listing for several reasons. It contains part of Europes largest glacier the Vatnajokull glacier . The present land is formed and subject to changes from this and other glaciers and their glacial rivers. landscape has been and is continually e glaciers and glacial rivers.
Within the park there are other examples of the areas past including the remains of the original Skaftafell farm - evacuated in 1867 when it became no longer viable due to the increasingly high waters of the rivers. It also contains the ruins of Westernmost farm in neighbouring hills .
Close by the National Museum of Iceland has been rebuilding another 19th century farm called Sel. The living area was warmed by the cowshed underneath. Techniques like this were used from the end of the first millenium intil the 19th century but few examples remain. Some of the properties that do remain actually look as if they are part of the natural landscape as the embedded in turf and grass.
