Latrabjarg Cliffs

Latrabjarg Cliffs

About the place

Látrabjarg runs about 14 kilometres along the westernmost edge of Iceland and rises to 441 metres — a sheer rock wall in the Westfjords with one of Europe's largest seabird colonies. Guillemots, razorbills, fulmars and kittiwakes crowd the ledges by the hundred thousand, and up to 40% of the world's razorbills breed here. Around a million puffins burrow into the grassy top from mid-May to late August. There are no railings, only a painted line.