Ingólfshöfði

Ingólfshöfði is a small headland and private nature reserve on the south coast of . It is believed to be the location where Ingólfur Arnarson originally landed in Iceland in or around 874 CE, and where he stayed the first winter and it is named after him as a result.
  • Nature reserve
  • Description: cape in Iceland
  • Also known as
    “Ingólfs Head”
    “Ingólfsnöfði”

Ingólfshöfði

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Latitude
63.80058° or 63° 48′ 2″ north
Longitude
-16.64608° or 16° 38′ 46″ west
Open location code
9CM5R923+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Ingólfshöfði” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Cebuano: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Chinese: “英格福修第岬”
  • French: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • German: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Icelandic: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Polish: “Ingólfshöfði”
  • Swedish: “Ingólfshöfði”

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