Law and regulations
Law and regulations
On avalanches
Law and regulations on avalanches in Iceland:
- Act on Protective Measures Against Avalanches and Landslides (49/1997)
- Regulation on hazard zoning due to snow- and landslides, classification and utilisation of hazard zones, and preparation of provisional hazard zoning (505/2000)
A map on a selected front page shows recent observations of avalanches. For user access to avalanche and landslide data, an avalanche map viewer is available.