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Vopnafjörður

Vopnafjörður is a village and municipality in Northeast , standing on a peninsula in the middle of a mountainous bay by the same name. The main industries of Vopnafjörður are fish processing, agriculture and tourism and other services.
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  • Type: Town with 519 residents
  • Description: municipality in Eastern Region, Iceland
  • Also known as: “7502” and “Vopnafjardarhreppur”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vopnafjörður Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
is an airport serving the village of Vopnafjörður, in the of . is situated 4 km south of Vopnafjörður.

Vopnafjörður

Latitude
65.7541° or 65° 45′ 15″ north
Longitude
-14.8295° or 14° 49′ 46″ west
Population
519
Elevation
151 metres (495 feet)
Open location code
9CQ7Q53C+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59860048
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2625192
Wiki­data ID
Q925686
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Vopnafjörður” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Vopnafjördur”
  • Asturian: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Basque: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Belarusian: “Вапнафіёрдзюр”
  • Chinese: “Vopnafjarðarhreppur”
  • Chinese: “沃普納菲厄澤”
  • Chinese: “沃普纳菲厄泽”
  • Czech: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Danish: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Dutch: “Vopnafjordhur”
  • Dutch: “Vopnafjördhur”
  • Dutch: “Vopnafjordur”
  • Dutch: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Esperanto: “Vopnafjörður”
  • French: “Vopnafjörður”
  • German: “Vopnafjarðarhreppur”
  • German: “Vopnafjördur”
  • German: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Hebrew: “וופנפיורדור”
  • Hungarian: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Icelandic: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Indonesian: “Vopnafjarðarhreppur”
  • Irish: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Italian: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Japanese: “ヴォプナフィエルズル”
  • Japanese: “ヴォプナフィヤルザルフレップル”
  • Japanese: “ヴォプナフィヨルズル”
  • Korean: “보프나피외르뒤르”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vopnafjarðarhreppur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vopnafjördur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Persian: “ووپنافیوردور”
  • Polish: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Portuguese: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Russian: “Вопнафьёрдюр”
  • Russian: “Вопнафьордюр”
  • Scots: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Spanish: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Swedish: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Turkish: “Vopnafjörður”
  • Vietnamese: “Vopnafjörður”

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