🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mýrdalssandur
desert plain in Iceland
🇮🇸 Iceland · 63.4683, -18.6300
Mýrdalssandur is recorded as a filming location for 1 production.
“In Iceland, the crew shot in Reynisfjara, and around the mountains of Hjörleifshöfði and Hafursey at Mýrdalssandur, which were used to represent the Erso homestead on Lah'mu and the Imperial research facility on Eadu respectively.”
Movies filmed at Mýrdalssandur
Named here by Mýrdalssandur’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Mýrdalssandur, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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“The area was used as a filming location for the Star Wars spinoff film Rogue One, representing the planet Lah'mu in the opening scenes of the film.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Mýrdalsjökull
🇮🇸 Iceland
glacier in Iceland
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🏙 Towns & cities
Vík í Mýrdal
🇮🇸 Iceland
human settlement in Iceland
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
🇮🇸 Iceland
village in Iceland
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Fjaðrárgljúfur
🇮🇸 Iceland
valley in Iceland
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Hjörleifshöfði
🇮🇸 Iceland
mountain in Iceland
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Reynisfjall
🇮🇸 Iceland
mountain in Iceland
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Mýrdalssandur?
1 production is recorded as filmed at Mýrdalssandur, including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
Where is Mýrdalssandur?
Mýrdalssandur is in Iceland, at 63.4683, -18.6300.
What other filming locations are near Mýrdalssandur?
Mýrdalsjökull, Vík í Mýrdal, Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Fjaðrárgljúfur and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Helgi Thorsteinsson, CC BY 2.5 dk.