Skjálfandafljót

The Skjálfandafljót River is situated in the north of . Skjálfandafljót is 178 kilometres long, and is the fourth longest river of Iceland. It has its source at the northwestern border of the icecap on the .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Iceland
  • Also known as: Skjálfanda” and “Skjalfandafljot

Skjálfandafljót

Latitude
65.98535° or 65° 59′ 7″ north
Longitude
-17.61161° or 17° 36′ 42″ west
Open location code
9CQ4X9PQ+49
Geo­Names ID
2626910
Wiki­data ID
Q1339368
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Skjálfandafljót” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Սկյաուլվանդաֆլյոուտ
  • Asturian: Ríu Skjálfandafljót
  • Basque: Skjálfandafljót
  • Basque: Skjalfandi Floi
  • Belarusian: Рака Скьяўльфандафльёўт
  • Belarusian: Ск’яўльфандафльёўт
  • Belarusian: Скьяўльфандафльёўт
  • Catalan: Skjálfandafljót
  • Cebuano: Skjálfandafljót
  • Chinese: 斯乔尔万达河
  • Chinese: 斯喬爾萬達河
  • Chuvash: Скьяульфандафльоут
  • Czech: Skjálfandafljót
  • Danish: Skjálfandafljót
  • Dutch: Skjalfandafljot
  • Dutch: Skjálfandafljót
  • French: Skjalfandafljot
  • French: Skjálfandafljót
  • Georgian: სკიაულფანდაფლოუთი
  • Georgian: სკიაულფანდაფლოუტი
  • German: Skjalfandafljot
  • German: Skjálfandafljót
  • Hebrew: סקיאולוואנדאפליוט
  • Icelandic: Skjálfandafljót
  • Irish: Skjálfandafljót
  • Italian: Skjálfandafljót
  • Japanese: スキャゥルファンダフリョゥト
  • Japanese: スキャゥルファンダフリョゥト川
  • Japanese: スキャルファンダフリョゥト
  • Korean: 스캴반다플리오트강
  • Korean: 스캴판다플리오트
  • Lithuanian: Skjaulvanderfljoutas
  • Macedonian: Скјаулвандафљоут
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skjálfandafljót
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skjálfandafljót
  • Polish: Skjálfandafljót
  • Russian: Скьяульвандафльоут
  • Russian: Скьяульфандафльоут
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skjálfandafljót
  • Spanish: Rio Skjalfandafljot
  • Spanish: Río Skjálfandafljót
  • Spanish: Skjalfandafljot
  • Spanish: Skjálfandafljót
  • Swedish: Skjalfandafljot
  • Swedish: Skjálfandafljót
  • Ukrainian: Ск’яульвандафльоут
  • Skjálfandafljót

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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 “Skjálfandafljót”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.