Viðey

Viðey is the largest island of the Kollafjörður Bay in , just outside the capital of .
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Photo: Akigka, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Imagine Peace Tower and Viðeyjarkirkja.

Memorial
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
The is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near , . Installed in 2007, it consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages.

Church
Photo: Salvor, Public domain.
is a church.

Building
Photo: Salvor, Public domain.
is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur and Mosfellsbaer.

Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Town
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Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west , 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, . The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations. is situated 7 km east of Viðey.

Village
Kjalarnes is the least populous district in the municipality of , the capital of , with a population of around 600 inhabitants. is situated 9 km north of Viðey.

Viðey

Latitude
64.16045° or 64° 9′ 38″ north
Longitude
-21.84227° or 21° 50′ 32″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
99PW5565+53
Geo­Names ID
3412072
Wiki­data ID
Q116492
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Satellite Map

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

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Viðey” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة فيدي”
  • Armenian: “Վիդեյ”
  • Asturian: “Viðey”
  • Catalan: “Viðey”
  • Cebuano: “Viðey”
  • Chinese: “維澤島”
  • Chinese: “维泽岛”
  • Czech: “Viðey”
  • Danish: “Viðey”
  • Dutch: “Videy”
  • Dutch: “Viðey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره فيدى”
  • Finnish: “Viðey”
  • French: “Videy”
  • French: “Viðey”
  • German: “Videy”
  • German: “Viðey”
  • German: “Viðeyjarstofa”
  • Hebrew: “וידיי”
  • Hungarian: “Viðey”
  • Icelandic: “Viðey”
  • Italian: “Viðey”
  • Japanese: “ヴィーズエイ”
  • Japanese: “ヴィーズエイ島”
  • Korean: “비데이섬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Viðey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Videy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Viðey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Viðey”
  • Polish: “Viðey”
  • Romanian: “Viðey”
  • Russian: “Видей”
  • Serbian: “Viðey”
  • Serbian: “Видеј”
  • Slovak: “Víðey”
  • Spanish: “Viðey”
  • Swedish: “Videy”
  • Swedish: “Viðey”
  • Turkish: “Viðey”
  • Ukrainian: “Відей”

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