Lake Myvatn Conservation Area offers bubbling mud flats, moolike volcanic craters, newborn lava fields, and grassy shoals teeming with waterfowl.

The Lake Myvatn region, is arguably one of the most geologically active and stunningly beautiful areas in Iceland.

Fortunately, the lake was declared a national conservation area in 1974, and since then it has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.

Hordes of gnats breeding in the shallow waters gave the lake it name which is Midge Lake.