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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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Photo: Tillea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dettifoss and Hafragilsfoss.

Waterfall
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a waterfall in in Northeast , and is reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the .

Waterfall
Photo: Burras, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a waterfall in . The waterfall flows downstream from within the depths of the Jökulságljúfur canyon. This waterfall is also on the glacial river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, making it a powerful waterfall. is situated 3 km north of Selfoss.

Selfoss

Latitude
65.80542° or 65° 48′ 20″ north
Longitude
-16.38802° or 16° 23′ 17″ west
Elevation
332 metres (1,089 feet)
Height
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9CQ5RJ46+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 600148687
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
2627229
Wiki­data ID
Q1429734
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Satellite Map

Discover Selfoss from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • “सेल्फोस झरना”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Selfoss”. Photo: Tillea, CC BY-SA 4.0.