Selfoss

Selfoss is a waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of . The river drops over a number of waterfalls over about 30 km before flowing into Öxarfjörður, a bay of the Arctic Sea.
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  • Waterfall
  • …lies at an elevation of around 330 metres (1,090 feet)
  • …stands 10 metres (33 feet) tall
  • Description: waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dettifoss and Hafragilsfoss.
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is a waterfall in . is situated 3 km north of Selfoss.

Selfoss

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Latitude
65.80476° or 65° 48′ 17″ north
Longitude
-16.38647° or 16° 23′ 11″ west
Open location code
9CQ5RJ37+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 600148687
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
2627229
Wiki­data ID
Q1429734

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In Other Languages

From Bhojpuri to Western Panjabi—“Selfoss” goes by many names.
  • Bhojpuri: “सेल्फोस झरना”
  • Bulgarian: “Селфос”
  • Catalan: “Selfoss”
  • Cebuano: “Selfoss”
  • Danish: “Selfoss”
  • Dutch: “Selfoss”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سيلفوس”
  • Estonian: “Selfossi juga”
  • French: “Selfoss”
  • German: “Selfoss”
  • Hebrew: “סלפוס”
  • Icelandic: “Selfoss”
  • Indonesian: “Selfoss”
  • Italian: “Selfoss”
  • Kazakh: “Сельфосс”
  • Korean: “셀포스”
  • Luxembourgish: “Selfoss”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Selfoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fossen Selfoss”
  • Norwegian: “Selfoss”
  • Persian: “آبشار سیلفاس”
  • Polish: “Selfoss (wodospad)”
  • Polish: “Selfoss”
  • Russian: “Селфосс”
  • Russian: “Сельфосс”
  • Spanish: “Selfoss”
  • Swedish: “Selfoss”
  • Ukrainian: “Селфосс”
  • Western Panjabi: “سیلفوس چھمبر”

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