Visitors pile stones at Laufskálavarða in southern Iceland

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Laufskálavarða is a lava ridge, surrounded by stone cairns, between the Hólmsá and Skálmá Rivers, close to the road north of Álftaver. Travellers crossing the desert of Mýrdalssandur for the first time would pile stones up to make a cairn, which was supposed to bring them good fortune on the journey.

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Location: Laufskálavarða, Iceland
Photo credit: © Suzanne Plunkett / Alamy / Afripics
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