For the ship of the same name, see MV Geysir

Geysir , sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans. The English word (a periodically spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name Geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb , "to gush", the verb from Old Norse. Geysir lies in the Haukadalur valley on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill, which is also the home to Strokkur geyser about 50 metres south.

For the ship of the same name, see MV Geysir

Geysir , sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwestern Iceland. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans. The English word (a periodically spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name Geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb , "to gush", the verb from Old Norse. Geysir lies in the Haukadalur valley on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill, which is also the home to Strokkur geyser about 50 metres south.