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Neskaupstaður

Neskaupstaður is a town located on the fjord Norðfjörður on the eastern side of , against the Norwegian Sea. It is part of the municipality of and, as of 2016, it has a population of 1,481.
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  • Type: Town with 1,470 residents
  • Description: city in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Nes” and “Neskaupstadur”
  • Postal code: 740

Places of Interest

Highlights include Norðfjörður Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Neskaupstaður, . The town is on the Norðfjörður fjord. The Nordfjordur non-directional beacon is located on the field. is situated 3½ km southwest of Neskaupstaður.

Neskaupstaður

Latitude
65.14872° or 65° 8′ 55″ north
Longitude
-13.68887° or 13° 41′ 20″ west
Population
1,470
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
NOR
United Nations Location Code
IS NES
Open location code
9CQ848X6+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256611930
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2628020
Wiki­data ID
Q176728
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Neskaupstaður” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Neskaupstadur”
  • Asturian: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Basque: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Belarusian: “Нескёйпстадзюр”
  • Catalan: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Cebuano: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Chinese: “內斯克伊斯塔澤”
  • Czech: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Danish: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Dutch: “Neskaupstadhur”
  • Dutch: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Estonian: “Neskaupstaður”
  • French: “Neskaupstaður”
  • German: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Hebrew: “נסקאופסטדור”
  • Icelandic: “Neskaupstað”
  • Icelandic: “Neskaupstaðar”
  • Icelandic: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Irish: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Italian: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Japanese: “ネスコイプスタズル”
  • Korean: “네스쾨이프스타뒤르”
  • Lithuanian: “Neskoipstaduras”
  • Macedonian: “Нескејпстадир”
  • Moksha: “Нэскёйпстадур”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Ossetian: “Нескёйпстадюр”
  • Polish: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Portuguese: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Russian: “Нескёйпстадюр”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Spanish: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Swedish: “Neskaupstaður (ort i Island)”
  • Swedish: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Ukrainian: “Нескойпстадур”
  • Vietnamese: “Neskaupstaður”
  • Welsh: “Neskaupstaður”

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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 “Neskaupstaður”. Photo: Hlynur Sveinsson, CC BY 2.0.