# Dettifoss

- **Country:** Iceland
- **Coordinates:** 65.814667, -16.384472
- **Url:** http://www.nordausturland.is/perlur-svaedisins/dettifoss/
- **Mark:** Blue pog.svg
- **Type:** Cataract
- **Title:** Northeast Iceland official travel website
- **Height:** 44 m (144 ft)
- **Caption:** Dettifoss, seen from the east(a person next to the fall provides scale)
- **Location:** Northeast Iceland
- **Watercourse:** Jökulsá á Fjöllum
- **Average Flow:** 193 m³/s (6,816 cu ft/s){{cite web
- **Number Drops:** 1

Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the Rhine Falls. Dettifoss is situated on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, which flows from the Vatnajökull glacier and collects water from a large area in Northeast Iceland. The sediment-rich runoff colours the water a greyish white.

![Photo of Dettifoss](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Dettifoss_TimBekaert.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dettifoss (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)