Raudasandur

Westfjords · 🇮🇸 Iceland

A ten-kilometre sweep of red-gold shell sand that shifts colour with the light in Iceland's remote Westfjords.

Sea temperature

~10°C in the warm season

Water

Cold Atlantic across vast shifting tidal flats

Sand

A ten-kilometre sweep of pink-red sand from crushed scallop shells

Swimming

Too cold and remote for real swimming, but wade the shallows

Best time to visit

June to August

Setting

A wild, remote Westfjords bay backed by mountains, reached by a steep gravel road

Beach type

Exotic sands

Region

Europe

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Photo: Xypete (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source