Hellissandur
Hellissandur is a village and part of the Snæfellsbær municipality at the northwestern tip of Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland.
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481 Articles of interest in Iceland
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Hegningarhúsið (English: The Pentalty House) is the oldest prison in Iceland, founded in 1874, and located at Skólavörðustíg 9, 101 Reykjavík.
Gjögur Airport
Gjögur Airport (IATA: GJR, ICAO: BIGJ) is an airport serving the small population of the Árneshreppur district in the Westfjords of north-west Iceland, on the coast of Húnaflói bay.
Fljótsdalshérað
Fljótsdalshérað is a municipality located in eastern Iceland. It is the largest municipality in the country by area.
Fjallsárlón
Fjallsárlón is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull.
Fagrifoss
Fagrifoss is waterfall situated in Southeast Iceland near the Lakagígar region. It is located along the 4x4 road F206 approximately 24 km (15 mi) from Kirkjubæjarklaustur and 40 km (25 mi) from Laki.
Elliðavatn
Elliðavatn is a lake in Iceland.
Drangajökull
Drangajökull is the northernmost glacier of Iceland. It is situated southwest of the peninsula Hornstrandir in the Westfjords region. The glacier covers an area of 160–200 km2 (62–77 sq mi), at an altitude of up to 925 m (3,035 ft).
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Búðardalur is a village situated on the Hvammsfjörður in the north-west of Iceland.
Breiðholt
Breiðholt (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpreiːðˌhɔl̥t]) is a southeastern district of Reykjavík, Iceland. It includes three neighbourhoods: Neðra-Breiðholt (Bakkar, Mjódd and Stekkir), Efra-Breiðholt (Hólar, Berg and Fell) and Seljahverfi (Sel).
Borgarbyggð
Borgarbyggð (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpɔrkarˌpɪkːθ]) is a municipality of various amalgamated populated rural areas in the West or Western Region region of Iceland.
Bjargtangar
Bjargtangar is the westernmost point of Iceland and is considered the westernmost point of Europe outside the mid-Atlantic archipelago of Azores (which are often classified as remote islands).
Bifröst (town)
Bifröst is a small settlement in western Iceland, in the Mýrasýsla county.
Bakki Airport
Bakki Airport (ICAO: BIBA) is an airport in Iceland, mainly used for short-haul flights to and from the Westman Islands.
2000 Iceland earthquakes
The 2000 Iceland earthquakes struck southern Iceland on June 17 and 21. There were no fatalities but one person was injured and there was considerable damage to infrastructure.
Þingeyjarsveit
Þingeyjarsveit is a municipality located in Iceland. The Vaglaskógur birch wood, one of Iceland's largest woods, is located in the municipality.
Ölfusá
The Ölfusá is a river in Iceland. It is formed when the rivers Hvítá and Sog combine, just north of the town of Selfoss, and flows for 25 km into the Atlantic ocean. It is Iceland's largest river with an average flow of 423 m³/s. Its discharge area …
Árnessýsla
Árnessýsla was a large county of south-western Iceland.
Álafoss
Álafoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaːulaˌfɔsː]; eel falls) is a waterfall in the river Varmá in Mosfellsbær, Iceland. A wool factory of the same name has been at a site by the waterfall since 1896, when a local farmer imported machinery to process …
Vopnafjörður Airport
Vopnafjörður Airport (IATA: VPN, ICAO: BIVO) is an airport serving the village of Vopnafjörður, in the Eastern Region (Austurland) of Iceland.
Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla
Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla was a county in southern Iceland. The only significant settlements within it were Vík í Mýrdal in the west and Kirkjubæjarklaustur in the east.
Tálknafjörður
Tálknafjörður is a fjord located in southern Westfjords between Patreksfjörður and Bildudalur in Iceland.
Torfajökull
Torfajökull (Icelandic for "Torfi's glacier") is a rhyolitic stratovolcano and complex of subglacial volcanoes, located north of Mýrdalsjökull and south of Þórisvatn Lake, Iceland.
Tindfjallajökull
Tindfjallajökull is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland. It has erupted rocks of basaltic to rhyolitic composition, and a 5-km-wide caldera was formed during the eruption of the 54,000 year old Thórsmörk Ignimbrite. It is capped by a glacier of …
Thingeyri
Thingeyri (in Icelandic written Þingeyri) is a settlement in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, Iceland.
Smáralind
Smáralind (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsmaːuralɪnt]) is located in the middle of the Capital Region, Iceland. It is one of the biggest shopping malls in Iceland, with over seventy shops, restaurants and services. It contains everything from a cinema …
Skagafjörður (municipality)
Skagafjörður is a municipality that covers most the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name (see Skagafjörður for details on the region) in northern Iceland.
Rangárþing eystra
Rangárþing eystra is a municipality located in southern Iceland in the Southern Region, between Eystri Rangá in the west and Jökulsá á Sólheimasandi in the east.
Norðurþing
Norðurþing is a municipality located in northern Iceland.
Nordic House (Iceland)
The Nordic House in Reykjavík is a cultural institution opened in 1968 and operated by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Its goal is to foster and support cultural connections between Iceland and the other Nordic countries. To this end the Nordic Hou…
Markarfljót
Markarfljót is a river in the south of Iceland.
Kópavogsvöllur
Kópavogsvöllur is a multi-use stadium in Kópavogur, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Breiðablik and of HK. It is also used for track and field events.
Kópasker
Kópasker is a small village with approximately 120 inhabitants in the municipality of Norðurþing, situated on the eastern shore of Öxarfjörður in northeast Iceland.
Hvalvatn
The lake Hvalvatn is situated some kilometers to the east of Hvalfjörður in the western portion of Iceland. It lies to the east of the volcano Hvalfell.
Heimaey stave church
Heimaey stave church is a close replica of Haltdalen stave church situated in the Skansinn area of the harbour of Vestmannaeyjabær on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.
Grafarvogur
Grafarvogur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkraːvarˌvɔːɣʏr̥]) is among the largest residential districts of Reykjavík, Iceland.