Seltjarnarnes
Seltjarnarnes is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. The municipality is located on a peninsula, bordered only by Reykjavík to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include KR-völlur and Nesstofa.
KR-völlur
Stadium
Photo: Gruesome Gary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meistaravellir or KR-völlur is a football stadium in Reykjavík, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and has been the home stadium of Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur since 1984.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reykjavík and Kópavogur.
Reykjavík
Photo: Napoleon tnt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reykjavík is the capital of and largest city in Iceland and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.
Kópavogur
Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
Kópavogur is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region.
Garðabaer
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland. Garðabaer is situated 8 km southeast of Seltjarnarnes.
Seltjarnarnes
- Type: Peninsula
- Category: landform
- Location: Capital Region, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.1541° or 64° 9′ 15″ northLongitude
-21.9949° or 21° 59′ 42″ westElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
99PW5234+J2GeoNames ID
3413545
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Seltjarnarnes” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Seltjarnarnes”
- French: “Seltjarnarnes”
- German: “Seltjarnarnes”
- Icelandic: “Seltjarnarnes”
- Lithuanian: “Seltjarnarnes”
- Lithuanian: “Seltjarnarnesas”
- Polish: “Seltjarnarnes”
- Portuguese: “Seltjarnarnes”
- Swedish: “Seltjarnes”
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Localities in the Area
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