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Waterfalls at the ends of the earth

The most northerly and southerly falls we cover.

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Ranked by distance from the equator: the most northerly and most southerly waterfalls in the index. Expect midnight sun or near-dark winters, roads that close, and water that is snow a few hours earlier.

40 waterfalls

1 PitsusköngäsFinland 69.2° N 2 KitsiputousFinland 69.1° N 3 Talnikovy WaterfallRussia 68.4° N 4 Bloody FallsCanada 67.7° N 5 FossenNorway 67.2° N 6 Wilberforce FallsCanada · One of the highest waterfalls north of the Arctic Circle 67.1° N 7 DettifossIceland · Among Europe's most powerful waterfalls 65.8° N 8 DynjandiIceland 65.7° N 9 GoðafossIceland · Historically tied to Iceland's conversion to Christianity 65.7° N 10 AldeyjarfossIceland 65.4° N 11 FardagafossIceland 65.3° N 12 HengifossIceland 65.1° N 13 LitlanesfossIceland 65.1° N 14 KirkjufellsfossIceland · Iceland's most-photographed mountain-and-waterfall combination 64.9° N 15 GrundarfossIceland 64.9° N 16 BjarnarfossIceland 64.8° N 17 HraunfossarIceland · Iceland's widest 'waterfall' by continuous frontage 64.7° N 18 GlymurIceland 64.4° N 19 HällingsåfalletSweden 64.4° N 20 GullfossIceland · Iceland's most iconic waterfall, on the Golden Circle 64.3° N 21 ÖxarárfossIceland 64.3° N 22 BrúarfossIceland 64.3° N 23 FaxiIceland 64.2° N 24 TröllafossIceland 64.2° N 25 Granni WaterfallIceland 64.2° N 26 HáifossIceland 64.2° N 27 ÁlafossIceland 64.2° N 28 MorsárfossIceland 64.1° N 29 HjálparfossIceland 64.1° N 30 ÞjófafossIceland 64.1° N 31 SvartifossIceland · Framed by the basalt columns that echo in Hallgrímskirkja's design 64.0° N 32 ÓfærufossIceland 64.0° N 33 UrriðafossIceland 63.9° N 34 NorrforsenSweden 63.9° N 35 FagrifossIceland 63.9° N 36 SystrafossIceland 63.8° N 37 GluggafossIceland 63.7° N 38 SeljalandsfossIceland · One of the few waterfalls walkable on all sides 63.6° N 39 ÍrárfossIceland 63.6° N 40 SkógafossIceland · Iceland's classic 60-metre curtain, with 527 steps to the top 63.5° N

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