Hof
Hof, in Öræfi, is a cluster of farms in the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður in southeast Iceland, close to Vatnajökull glacier, and twenty-two kilometres south of Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park.- Type: Hamlet with 68 residents
- Description: human settlement in Iceland
- Also known as: “Hof í Öræfum” and “Hof, Iceland”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hofskirkja í Öræfum.
Hof
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Hornafjörður, East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.90687° or 63° 54′ 25″ north
Longitude
-16.70714° or 16° 42′ 26″ west
Population
68
Elevation
572 metres (1,877 feet)
Open location code
9CM5W74V+P4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Hof” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hof, Iceland”
- French: “Hof”
- Icelandic: “Hof”
- Irish: “Hof”
- Polish: “Hof”
- Portuguese: “Hof (Islândia)”
- Portuguese: “Hof”
- “Hof”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hnappavallahamrar and Kóngsvík.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Grófarlækjarfoss and Waterfall.
East Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Vatnajökull National Park and Egilsstaðir.
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