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Thorlakshofn

Þorlákshöfn is a town on the southern coast of in the Municipality of . The town is named after Saint Thorlak who was a bishop at .
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  • Type: Town with 2,180 residents
  • Description: town in Iceland
  • Also known as: “THorlakshoefn” and “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Postal code: 815

Thorlakshofn

Latitude
63.85616° or 63° 51′ 22″ north
Longitude
-21.38663° or 21° 23′ 12″ west
Population
2,180
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS THH
Open location code
99MWVJ47+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 300934025
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3412589
Wiki­data ID
Q335596
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Volapük—“Thorlakshofn” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Torlaukshebn”
  • Albanian: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Arabic: “ثورلاكشوفن”
  • Asturian: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Basque: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Belarusian: “Тарлаўксхёбн”
  • Catalan: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Cebuano: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Chinese: “索勞克斯赫本”
  • Czech: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Dutch: “Thorlakshofn”
  • Dutch: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Finnish: “Thorlakshöfn”
  • Finnish: “Thorlákshöfn”
  • Finnish: “Þorlakshöfn”
  • Finnish: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • French: “Thorlakshöfn”
  • French: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Georgian: “ტორლაკსშიობნი”
  • German: “Thorlakshofn”
  • German: “Thorlakshöfn”
  • German: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Icelandic: “Þorlákshafnar”
  • Icelandic: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Indonesian: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Japanese: “ソルラゥクスヘプン”
  • Japanese: “ソルラゥクスホプン”
  • Korean: “소를락스회픈”
  • Lithuanian: “Dorlaukshiobnas”
  • Lithuanian: “Torlaukshiobnas”
  • Macedonian: “Торлауксхебн”
  • Macedonian: “Торлауксхепн”
  • Malay: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Polish: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Portuguese: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Russian: “Торлаксхёбн”
  • Russian: “Торлауксхёбн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Spanish: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Swedish: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Turkish: “Þorlákshöfn”
  • Ukrainian: “Торлаксгьопн”
  • Volapük: “Þorlákshöfn”

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