Dettifoss
Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the Rhine Falls.
- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of around 340 metres (1,110 feet)
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- …stands 45 metres (148 feet) tall
- …is 100 metres (328 feet) wide
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selfoss and Hafragilsfoss.
Dettifoss
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Latitude
65.81435° or 65° 48′ 52″ north
Longitude
-16.38449° or 16° 23′ 4″ west
Open location code
9CQ5RJ78+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dettifoss” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ديتيفوس”
- Armenian: “Դետտիֆոսս”
- Basque: “Dettifoss”
- Belarusian: “Дэціфос”
- Bosnian: “Dettifoss”
- Bulgarian: “Детифос”
- Catalan: “Dettifoss”
- Cebuano: “Dettifoss”
- Chinese: “代蒂瀑布”
- Chinese: “黛提瀑布”
- Czech: “Dettifoss”
- Danish: “Dettifoss”
- Dutch: “Dettifoss”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ديتيفوس”
- Esperanto: “Dettifoss”
- Estonian: “Dettifoss”
- Estonian: “Dettifossi juga”
- Finnish: “Dettifoss”
- French: “Dettifoss”
- Galician: “Dettifoss”
- German: “Dettifoss”
- Hebrew: “מפל דטיפוס”
- Hungarian: “Dettifoss”
- Icelandic: “Dettifoss”
- Indonesian: “Air terjun Dettifoss”
- Indonesian: “Dettifoss”
- Italian: “Dettifoss”
- Korean: “데티포스”
- Lithuanian: “Detifosas”
- Luxembourgish: “Dettifoss”
- Malayalam: “ഡേറ്റിഫോസ്സ്”
- Mesopotamian Arabic: “ديتيفوس”
- North Levantine Arabic: “ديتيفوس”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dettifoss”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dettifoss”
- Norwegian: “Dettifoss”
- Ossetian: “Деттифосс”
- Persian: “ابشار دتیفوس”
- Polish: “Dettifoss”
- Portuguese: “Dettifoss”
- Romanian: “Dettifoss”
- Russian: “Деттифосс”
- Scots: “Dettifoss”
- Sindhi: “ڊٽيفاس آبشار”
- Slovak: “Dettifoss”
- Slovenian: “Dettifoss”
- Spanish: “Dettifoss”
- Swedish: “Dettifoss”
- Tatar: “Dettifoss”
- Turkish: “Dettifoss”
- Ukrainian: “Деттіфосс”
- Western Panjabi: “ڈٹیفوس چھمبر”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fagridalur and Ásbyrgi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dettifoss, Selfoss og Hafragilsfoss and Hafragilsfoss.
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