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Suðurey

Suðurey is a small, uninhabited island in the Vestmann Islands, south of .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Suður”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brandur and Stórhöfði.

Islet
Photo: Bjarne Henning Kvaal…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small, uninhabited island in the Vestmann Islands, south of . The name of the island derives from an ancient Icelandic tale about a cat named , that swam its way to the island from one of the adjacent islands.

Lighthouse
Photo: óskar elías sigurðsson, CC BY 2.0.
is a peninsula and the southernmost point of , the largest island in the archipelago, in . It is claimed to be the windiest place in Europe, and holds the record for the lowest on land observation of air pressure in Europe.

Suðurey

Latitude
63.38904° or 63° 23′ 21″ north
Longitude
-20.32008° or 20° 19′ 12″ west
Open location code
99MX9MQH+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25722122
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3412880
Wiki­data ID
Q3115506
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Satellite Map

Discover Suðurey from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Suðurey” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Suðurey (pulo sa Islandya, Suðurland)”
  • Cebuano: “Suðurey”
  • Danish: “Suðurey”
  • Dutch: “Suðurey”
  • French: “Sudurey”
  • French: “Suðurey”
  • German: “Suðurey”
  • Icelandic: “Suðurey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Suðurey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suðurey”
  • Polish: “Suðurey”
  • Romanian: “Sudurey”
  • Romanian: “Suðurey”
  • Spanish: “Suðurey”
  • Swedish: “Suðurey”
  • Turkish: “Suðurey”

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Highlights include Víkin and Klauf.

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