It is by many considered to be one of the most beautiful mountains of Iceland, and also one of the seven major energy centers of Earth. The summit is 1442 m high. The Snaefellsjokull glacier and its surroundings have been shrouded with mystique since the beginning of settlement in Iceland. Bardur Snaefellsas is considered to be the guardian spirit of the glacier and the French author, Jules Verne, made it famous when he used the glacier as an entrance to the center of the earth in his book Journey to the Center of the Earth . Further information about the glacier can be found in Gudrun G. Bergmann's book, The Mystique of Snaefellsjokull .
Daily tours are to the top of the glacier during the summer on snowmobiles or snowploughs.
Mary's spring West of Hellnahraun lava-field, about 300 meters beyond the old hiking trail between Hellnar and Arnarstapi is a spring that comes out from under the lava. In the year 1230, bishop Gudmundur the good one, came visiting Hellnar. He asked for water for him and his men and an old man took them to the spring. Men drank of the water and watered their horses. The weather was cloudy but when they were about to leave the sun broke through and in front of them appeared Mother Mary and three angels.