The Elephant Rock is world famous and is located in Iceland, on the Westman Islands. It’s a natural rock formation on the island of Heimaey. It is made of basalt rock formed in a volcanic eruption of Eldfell.
It is known for its shape which resembles the head of an elephant with its runk in the water. It’s within walking distance from the harbour and next to the golf court.
Beware! When finding the perfect spot for your own picture, you might pay attention for the golf players. There is a teeing area closeby which is the place where a hole starts. Golf players will take a long shot and you don’t want to be hit be a lost ball. Obviously the golf player has to take care as well, and the lady we saw friendly waited while we were going for our perfect picture 🙂
At first we were too close and saw another rock formation that kinda looks like Elephant Rock. Once we figured out the real one, we decided to call the one next to it the Mammoth Rock 🙂