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 Eldfell and Vestmannaeyjar Airport.
Eldfell
Volcano
Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eldfell is a volcanic cone just over 200 metres high on the Icelandic island of Heimaey in the Westman Islands. It formed in a volcanic eruption that began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey on 23 January 1973.
Vestmannaeyjar Airport
Aerodrome
Vestmannaeyjar Airport is a two-runway airport on the island of Heimaey, in Vestmannaeyjar, a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The airport services seasonal, charter and medical flights as well as general aviation.
Helgafell
Volcano
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Helgafell is an inactive 227 m volcanic cone located on the island of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago in Iceland. The Stórhöfði peninsula immediately to the south of Helgafell in what is now southern Heimaey formed about 6000 years ago.
Vestmannaeyjar
- Also known as: “8000”, “Vestmannaeyjabaer”, and “Vestmannaeyjabær”
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.4388° or 63° 26′ 20″ northLongitude
-20.269° or 20° 16′ 8″ westElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
99MXCPQJ+G9GeoNames ID
3412095
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Vestmannaeyjar” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Finnish: “Vestmannasaaret”
- French: “Îles Vestmann”
- German: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Icelandic: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Ido: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Japanese: “ヴェストマン諸島”
- Luxembourgish: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Polish: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Portuguese: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Spanish: “Vestmannaeyjar”
- Swedish: “Västmannaöarna”
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