Vestmannaeyjar
Vestmannaeyjar is a town on the island of Heimaey. Heimaey is the largest of 15–18 islands in the Westman Islands archipelago, just off the south-west coast of Iceland's mainland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brandur.
Brandur
Islet
Photo: Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brandur is a small, uninhabited island in the Vestmann Islands, south of Iceland. Brandur is situated 3½ km north of Vestmannaeyjar.
Vestmannaeyjar
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Vestmanna Islands”, “Westman Islands”, “Westmanaeyjar”, “Westmann Islands”, “Westmannaeyjar”, and “Westmennaeyjar”
- Category: landform
- Location: Vestmannaeyjar, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.36229° or 63° 21′ 44″ northLongitude
-20.39063° or 20° 23′ 26″ westOpen location code
99MX9J65+WPGeoNames ID
3412094
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Vestmannaeyjar” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ভেস্টমান্না দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Chinese: “韦斯特曼纳群岛”
- Faroese: “Vestmannaoyggjarnar”
- Finnish: “Vestmannasaaret”
- French: “Îles Vestmann”
- Hebrew: “וסטמאנאאיאר”
- Hungarian: “Vestmann-szigetek”
- Japanese: “ヴェストマン諸島”
- Lithuanian: “Vestmanaejaras”
- Northern Sami: “Vestmannaeyjabær”
- Ossetian: “Вестманнаэйяр”
- Russian: “Вестманнаэйяр”
- Slovenian: “Vestmanski otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas Vestman”
- Swedish: “Västmannaöarna”
- Turkish: “Vestmann Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Вестманнові острови”
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