The twin peaks of the Sulur Mountains are a familiar sight from the relatively large northern Icelandic town of Akureyri. The Ytri-Sula peak rises close to the town, while a little further to the south is Sydri-Sula - the higher of the two summits, at 3,980 ft. These mountains were formed mainly from light-colored rhyolite, a result of volcanic activity between eight and nine million years ago. The acidic rocks of the Sulur are flakier than the basalt that's characteristic of the surrounding hills. It's possible that rhyolite on the top of the Sulur has formed extensive scree-slopes that cover older basalt layers. If this is the case, the core of the Sulur built up in a series of eruptions in the same way as most other mountains in the area, but the rhyolite became much more pronounced in recent times.

There are splendid and extensive views from the Sulur, but other matters of note concerning the Sulur have never been explained. According to Jon Arnason's folktales, a farmer went up onto the Sulur to visit a spirit who could foretell the future as well as reveal other things to those who wished to know. The tales don't tell us what the farmer achieved from all this, but it has always been known that sorcery is required to conjure up a spirit.

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