Formation placed by side of Alftanes-Gardabaer route near similar rocks . Issue hit headlines in 2013 when campaigners urged project to be halted . Elf advocates feared building of direct route would disturb the elf habitat . Building of road in Reykjavik will now go ahead , but rock has been spared .
Formation placed by side of Alftanes-Gardabaer route near similar rocks . Issue hit headlines in 2013 when campaigners urged project to be halted . Elf advocates feared building of direct route would disturb the elf habitat . Building of road in Iceland will now go ahead , but rock has been spared .