Úlfljótur’s Lake
Úlfljótsvatn is a lake in southern Iceland, to the south of lake Þingvallavatn, 74km east of Reykjavík. Úlfljótsvatn is named after Úlfljótr, an important man who was involved in the Alþingi in 930. In the vicinity, the Icelanders have many summer cottages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wirthi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Southern Region, Iceland
- Also known as: “Ugly Wolf Lake”, “Ulfljotsvatn”, and “Úlfljótsvatn”
Úlfljótur’s Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Úlfljótur’s Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- Chuvash: “Улфльоутсватн”
- Dutch: “Ulfljotsvatn”
- Dutch: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره الفلچوتسڤاتن”
- French: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- German: “Ulfljotsvatn”
- German: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- Icelandic: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- Japanese: “ウルフリョゥスヴァトン”
- Polish: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- Russian: “Улфльоутсватн”
- Russian: “Ульфльоутсватн”
- Swedish: “Úlfljótsvatn”
- Turkish: “Úlfljótsvatn (göl)”
- Turkish: “Úlfljótsvatn”
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