Atlas Obscura, a digital travel atlas of obscure destinations around the world, writes that Elephant Rock – Halldórsskora in Icelandic – is located on Heimaey Island, the lar ...

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

The Elephant Rock is a part of the cliffs found on the western side of Heimaey and the face of the elephant is best seen from the water ...

Our visit to the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands, a ferry ride off Iceland, gave us a chance to rescue puffin chicks during ‘puffling season.’ I travelled to Iceland with my 16-year-old ...

The summer sun doesn’t set until midnight in Iceland, but that doesn’t mean it’s hot. While wandering around Heimaey Island—the only (and then, barely) inhabited rock of the Westman ...

Videos and still images shared to social media authentically showed Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological feature located on an island in Iceland. Rating: For years, social media users have ...