Vaglaskógur
Vaglaskógur is a 300-hectare forest in Fnjóskadalur, Iceland. It is the second largest forest area in the country. This area contains many birch trees and is a visitor attraction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Forest
- Description: forest in Iceland
- Also known as: “Vaglaskogur”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Svalbarðseyri and Akureyri.
Svalbarðseyri
Village
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Svalbarðseyri is a small village in the Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur municipality, northern Iceland, which in January 2011 had 245 inhabitants. It is located on the east coast of Eyjafjörður fjord. Svalbarðseyri is situated 10 km west of Vaglaskógur.
Akureyri
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Akureyri, with a population of around 19,000, is the largest town in Iceland outside the Southwest region, and the unofficial capital of North Iceland.
Vaglaskógur
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vaglaskógur” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vaglaskógur”
- German: “Vaglaskógur”
- Icelandic: “Vaglaskógur”
- Persian: “واکلاسکوگور”
- Russian: “Вагласкогур”
- Russian: “Вагласкоуг”
- Swedish: “Vaglaskogur”
- Swedish: “Vaglaskógur”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vaglaskógur”. Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.