Nesskriður

Nesskriður is a slope in Fjallabyggð, Northeast. Nesskriður is situated nearby to the locality Steinaflatir.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selvíkurnef and The Herring Era Museum.

Selvíkurnef

Lighthouse

Photo: Bjorn.thorvaldsson.is, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Selvíkurnef is a lighthouse.

The Herring Era Museum is located in Siglufjörður, Iceland. It is Iceland's largest maritime museum and the only Icelandic museum to have won the European Museum Award. The Herring Era Museum is situated 4 km southwest of Nesskriður.

Strákar

Peak

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.

Strákar is a peak, which is situated 3½ km west of Nesskriður.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Siglufjörður.

Siglufjörður

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Siglufjörður is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabitants.

Nesskriður

Type: Slope
Also known as: “Nesskridur”
Category: landform
Location: Fjallabyggð, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

66.16926° or 66° 10′ 9″ north

Longitude

-18.84612° or 18° 50′ 46″ west

Elevation

498 metres (1,634 feet)

Open location code

9CR35593+PH

GeoNames ID

2628017

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Satellite Map

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