Categories:
- alda = hilly ridge (plural: öldur)
- á = river
- ás = small hill, ridge
- bær = farm, township
- bakki = river bank
- bjarg = cliff, rock
- borg = city, crag
- botn = bottom, head of valley or fjord
- brekka = slope
- brú = bridge
- bunga = rounded peak
- dalur = valley
- djúp = long inlet, deep
- drag = watercourse (plural: drög)
- drangur = isolated column of rock
- dyngja = dome
- eiði = isthmus
- ey = island (plural: eyjar)
- eyri = sandspit, delta
- fell = mountain, hill
- fjall = mountain (plural: fjöll)
- fjörður = fjord, broad inlet, valley (plural: firðir)
- fljót = large river
- foss = waterfall
- gata / götu = path, road, street
- gígur = crater
- gil = gorge, ravine
- gjá = chasm, fissure
- grunn = shoal, shallow
- háls = ridge, isthmus
- hamar = crag
- heiði = heath, moor
- hlíð = mountain side
- hnjúkur / hnúkur = peak
- höfði = promontory
- höfn = harbour
- hóll = rounded hill (plural: hólar)
- hólmur = islet
- holt = stony hill
- hraun = lava field, lava
- hryggur = ridge
- hver = hot spring
- hvoll = hill
- jökull = glacier
- jökulsá = glacial river
- kirkja = church
- klettur = rock, cliff
- kot = small farm
- kvísl = river, branch of river
- lækur = brook
- laug = warm spring, bath
- lón = lagoon
- melur = gravel, barren plain
- múli = headland, spur
- mynni = mouth
- mýri = swamp
- mörk = forest, woods
- nes = headland, spur
- núpur = spur, peak
- oddi = point, tounge of land
- öræfi = desert
- ós = estuary
- reykur = smoke, steam
- rif = reef
- sandur = sand(s)
- skagi = peninsula
- skarð = mountain pass
- sker = skerry
- skógur = wood, shrubland
- slétta = plain
- staður = place, parsonage (plural: staðir)
- stapi = bluff, crag
- stræti = street, road
- strönd = beach, seashore, coast
- súlur = (mountain) peaks
- tangi = narrow peninsula
- tindur = summit
- tjörn = small lake, pond
- tunga = tounge (of land)
- vað = ford (plural: vöð)
- varða = cairn (plural: vörður)
- vatn = lake, water (plural: vötn)
- vegur = road, track
- ver = grassy spot
- vík = inlet, small bay
- vogur = inlet, creek
- völlur = plain (plural: vellir)
- Öræfi = wilderness, upland
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