Skjálfandafljót
The Skjálfandafljót River is situated in the north of Iceland. Skjálfandafljót is 178 kilometres long, and is the fourth longest river of Iceland. It has its source at the northwestern border of the icecap Vatnajökull on the Highlands of Iceland.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Iceland
- Also known as: “Rio Skjalfandafljot”, “Skjálfanda”, “Skjalfandafljot”, “Skjalfandi Floi”, “სკიაულფანდაფლოუთი”, and “スキャルファンダフリョゥト”
Skjálfandafljót
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.98535° or 65° 59′ 7″ north
Longitude
-17.61161° or 17° 36′ 42″ west
Open location code
9CQ4X9PQ+49
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Skjálfandafljót” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սկյաուլվանդաֆլյոուտ”
- Asturian: “Ríu Skjálfandafljót”
- Basque: “Skjálfandafljót”
- 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: “Skjálfandafljót”
- French: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Georgian: “სკიაულფანდაფლოუტი”
- 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”
- Korean: “스캴반다플리오트강”
- Korean: “스캴판다플리오트”
- Lithuanian: “Skjaulvanderfljoutas”
- Macedonian: “Скјаулвандафљоут”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Polish: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Russian: “Скьяульвандафльоут”
- Russian: “Скьяульфандафльоут”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Spanish: “Río Skjálfandafljót”
- Spanish: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Swedish: “Skjálfandafljót”
- Ukrainian: “Ск’яульвандафльоут”
- “Skjálfandafljót”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Húsavík and Grenvik.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bjargavatn and Bakrangi.
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Worth a closer look: Reykjavík and Akureyri.
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