Langanes

Langanes is a peninsula in northeast . The name literally means "long peninsula". It is 45 kilometres long from southwest to northeast, ending in a thin strip of land called Fontur where there is also a suggestive lighthouse called Langanesviti.
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Langanes

Latitude
66.29069° or 66° 17′ 27″ north
Longitude
-14.99531° or 14° 59′ 43″ west
Elevation
153 metres (502 feet)
Open location code
9CR772R3+7V
Geo­Names ID
2628770
Wiki­data ID
Q116969
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Langanes” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Launqanes
  • Basque: Langanes
  • Catalan: Langanes
  • Cebuano: Langanes (lawis)
  • Cebuano: Langanes
  • Chinese: 朗加半岛
  • Dutch: Langanes
  • French: Langanes
  • German: Langanes
  • Icelandic: Langanes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Langanes
  • Norwegian: Langanes
  • Polish: Langanes
  • Portuguese: Langanes
  • Russian: Лаунганес
  • Spanish: Langanes
  • Swedish: Langanes (halvö)
  • Swedish: Langanes

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