Surtshellir
Surtshellir is a lava cave located in western Iceland, around 60 km from the settlement of Borgarnes. Approximately a mile in length, it is one of the longest such caves in the country.
- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of 343 metres (1,125 feet)
- Description: cave in Iceland
Surtshellir
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Latitude
64.78413° or 64° 47′ 3″ north
Longitude
-20.73141° or 20° 43′ 53″ west
Open location code
99PXQ7M9+MC
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Surtshellir” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Surtshellir”
- Bulgarian: “Сурцелир”
- Catalan: “Surtshellir”
- Cebuano: “Surtsellir”
- Czech: “Surtshellir”
- Danish: “Surtshellir”
- Dutch: “Surtshellir”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سورتشلير”
- French: “Surtshellir”
- German: “Íshellir”
- German: “Stefánshellir”
- German: “Surtshellir”
- Hebrew: “סרטשליר”
- Icelandic: “Surtsellir”
- Icelandic: “Surtshellir”
- Indonesian: “Surtshellir”
- Japanese: “スルツヘトリル”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Surtshellir”
- Norwegian: “Surtshellir”
- Polish: “Surtshellir”
- Russian: “Сурсхедлир”
- Russian: “Сюртсхедлир”
- Spanish: “Surtshellir”
- Swedish: “Surtshellir”
- Ukrainian: “Суртсгедлір”
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