Dyrholaey Nature Reserve is the southernmost part of Iceland. It’s a small peninsula on the south coast near the village of Vik. The name Vik in Norway means small fjord or small bay.

We visited multiple places in Iceland that were not primary tourist destinations that I found both fascinating and fun. This coast was one of those places.

There are not too many places in the world where I expect to see a pirate ship come around the end of the peninsula. This was just such a place.

The Vik area was formerly a volcanic island. I suspect that volcanic eruption flows connected it to the mainland.

I stood here waiting for Johnny Depp and the Black Pearl to sail through this opening, but it never happened.

The nature reserve also had lots of birds including puffins, skua, fulmars, and seagulls. We managed to get quite close to many of the birds including this puffin.