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Flatey

Flatey is an island on bay located about 8.7 kilometres from , in northern . Its name in Icelandic means "flat island"; its highest point is only about 22 metres above mean sea level, hence its name.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Skjálfandi of Iceland
  • Also known as: “Flat” and “Flatey, Skjálfandi”

Flatey

Latitude
66.16464° or 66° 9′ 53″ north
Longitude
-17.85886° or 17° 51′ 32″ west
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9CR4547R+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 7986087
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2631739
Wiki­data ID
Q1427332
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Satellite Map

Discover Flatey from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Flatey” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Flatey (pulo sa Islandya, Norðurland Eystra)”
  • Cebuano: “Flatey”
  • Chinese: “弗拉泰島”
  • Danish: “Flatey”
  • Dutch: “Flatey in Skjalfandi”
  • Dutch: “Flatey in Skjálfandi”
  • Dutch: “Flatey”
  • Finnish: “Flatey”
  • French: “Flatey”
  • German: “Flatey”
  • Icelandic: “Flatey á Skjálfanda”
  • Icelandic: “Flatey”
  • Japanese: “フラトエイ (スキャゥルヴァンディ)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Flatey i Skjálfandi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Flatey i Skjálfandi”
  • Norwegian: “Flatey i Skjálfandi”
  • Polish: “Flatey (Skjálfandi)”
  • Polish: “Flatey”
  • Portuguese: “Flatey, Skjálfandi”
  • Portuguese: “Flatey”
  • Russian: “Флатей (Скьяульванди)”
  • Russian: “Флатей”
  • Spanish: “Flatey (Skjálfandi)”
  • Spanish: “Flatey”
  • Swedish: “Flatey, Skjálfandi”
  • Swedish: “Flatey”
  • Turkish: “Flatey (Skjálfandi)”

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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 “Flatey”. Photo: Oliagust, CC BY-SA 4.0.