Iceland
Northwest
Skagafjörður

Sauðarkrokur

Sauðárkrókur is a town on the in northern . It is the seat of both the and the . Sauðárkrókur is the largest town in Northwest Iceland and the second-largest town on the north coast of Iceland, with a population of 2,612.
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  • Type: Town with 2,670 residents
  • Description: town in Iceland; seat of Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður; capital of Northwestern Region
  • Also known as: “Saudarkrokr”, “Saudarkrokur”, and “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Postal codes: 550 and 551

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sauðárkróksvöllur and Sauðárkrókur Airport.

Sports venue
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is a football stadium in Sauðárkrókur, . is an Icelandic open-air stadium that has a standing spectator capacity of about 2,500, but no permanent seating.

Aerodrome
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is an airport serving Sauðárkrókur, a village on the bay in northern . The Hegranes non-directional beacon is 1.8 nautical miles northeast of the airport. is situated 3 km southeast of Sauðarkrokur.

Sauðarkrokur

Latitude
65.74432° or 65° 44′ 40″ north
Longitude
-19.63858° or 19° 38′ 19″ west
Population
2,670
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
SAK
United Nations Location Code
IS SAU
Open location code
9CQ2P9V6+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 65295844
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2627309
Wiki­data ID
Q831718
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Sauðarkrokur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Asturian: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Söydaurkroukür”
  • Basque: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Belarusian: “Сёйдаркроўкюр”
  • Belarusian: “Сёрдаўркроўкюр”
  • Catalan: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Cebuano: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Chinese: “瑟伊藻克罗屈尔”
  • Chinese: “瑟伊藻克羅屈爾”
  • Czech: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Danish: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Dutch: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Dutch: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Dutch: “Saudharkrokur”
  • Dutch: “Saudhárkrókur”
  • Esperanto: “Sauðarkrokur”
  • Esperanto: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Estonian: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Estonian: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Estonian: “Saudharkrokur”
  • Finnish: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Finnish: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • French: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Georgian: “საუდარკროუკური”
  • German: “Saudarkrokur”
  • German: “Sauðárkrokur”
  • German: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • German: “Sauthárkrókur”
  • Greek: “Σαουδαρκρόκουρ”
  • Greek: “Σάουδαρκροκουρ”
  • Hebrew: “סאוד’אורקרוקור”
  • Icelandic: “Sauðárkrók”
  • Icelandic: “Sauðárkróki”
  • Icelandic: “Sauðárkróks”
  • Icelandic: “Sauðárkrókshreppur”
  • Icelandic: “Sauðárkrókskaupstaður”
  • Icelandic: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Irish: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Japanese: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Japanese: “ソイザウルクロウクル”
  • Japanese: “ソイズアゥルクロゥクル”
  • Japanese: “ソイズアウルクロウクル”
  • Kazakh: “Syoýdawrkrowkyur”
  • Kazakh: “Сёйдауркроукюр”
  • Kazakh: “سيويداۋركروۋكيۋر”
  • Korean: “쇠이다우르크로퀴르”
  • Latin: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Lithuanian: “Soidaurkroukuras”
  • Macedonian: “Сејдауркроукир”
  • Mingrelian: “საუდარკროუკური”
  • Moksha: “Сёйдауркроукур”
  • Northern Sami: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Ossetian: “Сёйдауркроукюр”
  • Polish: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Polish: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Portuguese: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Russian: “Саударкрокур”
  • Russian: “Саудауркрокур”
  • Russian: “Сёйдаркроукюр”
  • Russian: “Сейдауркроукюр”
  • Russian: “Сёйдауркроукюр”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Serbian: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Serbian: “Sejdaurkroukir”
  • Serbian: “Сејдауркроукир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Spanish: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Spanish: “Saudarkrókur”
  • Spanish: “Saudárkrokur”
  • Spanish: “Saudárkrókur”
  • Spanish: “Sauðarkrokur”
  • Spanish: “Sauðarkrókur”
  • Spanish: “Sauðárkrokur”
  • Spanish: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Swedish: “Saudarkrokur”
  • Swedish: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Swedish: “Sautharkrokur”
  • Ukrainian: “Сейдаркрокюр”
  • Urdu: “سئیدرکروکر”
  • Uzbek: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Vietnamese: “Sauðárkrókur”
  • Welsh: “Sauðárkrókur”

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