Þórshöfn
Þórshöfn or Thorshofn is a small fishing village in northeast Iceland, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the Þistilfjörður bay.
- Type: Village with 341 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “THorshoefn” and “ソールスヘプン”
- Postal codes: 680 and 681
Þórshöfn
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Langanesbyggð, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.19814° or 66° 11′ 53″ north
Longitude
-15.33594° or 15° 20′ 9″ west
Population
341
IATA airport code
THO
UN/LOCODE
IS THO
Open location code
9CR65MX7+7J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Volapük—“Þórshöfn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Þórshöfn”
- Chinese: “索尔斯港”
- Chinese: “索爾斯港”
- Czech: “Þórshöfn”
- Dutch: “Þórshöfn”
- French: “Þórshöfn”
- German: “Þórshöfn”
- Icelandic: “Þórshafnar”
- Icelandic: “Þórshöfn”
- Irish: “Þórshöfn”
- Japanese: “ソゥルスホプン”
- Ossetian: “Тоурсхёбн”
- Persian: “ثورسهوفن”
- Polish: “Þórshöfn”
- Portuguese: “Þórshöfn”
- Russian: “Тоурсхёбн”
- Spanish: “Þórshöfn”
- Swedish: “Þórshöfn”
- Volapük: “Þórshöfn”
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