A historical note
Ingólfur
Arnarson arrived in Iceland in aprox. 870 and spent his first winter near
Ingólfshöfði.
The second winter found him on Hjörleifshöfði while
his third winter in Iceland is believed to have
been spent at the foot of Mt
Ingólfsfjall west of the Ölfusá river.
The next spring he moved to
Reykjavík where he settled permanently following the instructions of his pagan
gods.

The broken yellow line indicates the route followed by Ingólfur Arnarson.
Ingólfur
Arnarson, the first Icelandic settler, built himself a house and wintered at
the
foot of Ingólfsfjall, which is named after as a large knoll - Inghóll -
located at the top of
the mountain and reputed to be his burial mound.