Iceland
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Eyjafjarðarsveit

Munkaþverá

Munkaþverá was a Benedictine monastery in , . It was established around 1155 and was abolished when the country became Protestant in 1550.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: Monastery in the town of Munkaþverá (Iceland)
  • Also known as: “Munkathvera”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hrafnagil.

Village
Photo: Bjarki Sigursveinsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in , northern , which in 2016 had 260 inhabitants. The village has a and a community center. The area has access to high-temperature geothermal heat, which is used to heat houses and greenhouses. is situated 3 km north of Munkaþverá.

Munkaþverá

Latitude
65.54517° or 65° 32′ 43″ north
Longitude
-18.08202° or 18° 4′ 55″ west
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
Open location code
9CQ3GWW9+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 345392043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2628126
Wiki­data ID
Q3480382
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In Other Languages

From Icelandic to Swedish—“Munkaþverá” goes by many names.
  • Icelandic: “Munkaþverá”
  • Icelandic: “Munkaþverárklaustur”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Munkaþverá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Munkaþverá”
  • Norwegian: “Munkaþverá”
  • Russian: “Мункатвера”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Munkaþverá”
  • Swedish: “Munkaþverá”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Munkaþverárkirkja and Munkaþverá.

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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 “Munkaþverá”. Photo: Pietro, CC BY-SA 3.0.