Iceland
Westfjords
Vesturbyggð

Patreksfjordur

Patreksfjörður is a fishing village in the of . It was an important fishing and trading post until the Icelandic government's introduction of a fishing quota in 1990.
Tap on a place
to explore it
patreksfjordur.is
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 715 residents
  • Description: village in Northwest Constituency, Iceland
  • Also known as: “Patreksfjoerdur”, “Patreksfjörður”, “Patrix Fjord”, and “Vatneyri”
  • Postal codes: 450 and 451

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talknafjordur.

Village
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
Tálknafjörður is a fjord located in southern between Patreksfjörður and in . The term is also used for the immediate village and the former municipality of . is situated 9 km northeast of Patreksfjordur.

Patreksfjordur

Latitude
65.59729° or 65° 35′ 50″ north
Longitude
-24.0009° or 24° 0′ 3″ west
Population
715
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
IATA airport code
PFJ
United Nations Location Code
IS PAT
Open location code
99QQHXWX+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 242958931
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3412173
Wiki­data ID
Q2297162
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Patreksfjordur from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Patreksfjordur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Basque: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Cebuano: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Chinese: “帕特雷克斯菲厄澤”
  • Czech: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Dutch: “Patreksfjordhur”
  • Dutch: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Finnish: “Patreksfjörður”
  • French: “Patreksfjörður”
  • German: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Icelandic: “Patreksfjarðar”
  • Icelandic: “Patreksfjörð”
  • Icelandic: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Icelandic: “Patresfirði”
  • Icelandic: “Vesturbyggð”
  • Italian: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Japanese: “パトレクスフィヨルズル”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Norwegian: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Polish: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Portuguese: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Russian: “Патрексфьордюр”
  • Spanish: “Patreksfjörður”
  • Swedish: “Patreksfjörður”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Patreksfjordur”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Litlidalur and Tálknatá.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Slökkvistöð and Pósthús.

Westfjords: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Ísafjörður, Súðavík, and Suðureyri.

Curious Localities to Discover

Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.
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 “Patreksfjordur”. Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 3.0.