Iceland
West Iceland
Snæfellsbær

Rif

Rif is a village in , and has about 134 residents. Rif is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the town .
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  • Type: Village with 134 residents
  • Description: village in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Rifi” and “Rifshöfuð”
  • Postal code: 360

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rif Airport and Svöðufoss.

Aerodrome
Photo: BIL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an airport serving and , . It is located near Rif, a coastal village in the . Rwy 06 length includes a 1,250 feet displaced threshold.

Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a waterfall, which is situated 3 km south of Rif.

Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a waterfall, which is situated 3½ km south of Rif.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hellissandur and Olafsvik.

Photo: Chris Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in . The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.

Town
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ólafsvík is a small town in on the northern side of the Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland. is situated 6 km southeast of Rif.

Rif

Latitude
64.92193° or 64° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
-23.82232° or 23° 49′ 20″ west
Population
134
Open location code
99PRW5CH+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 126054405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3413821
Wiki­data ID
Q15943648
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Rif” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Rif”
  • Cebuano: “Rif”
  • Dutch: “Rif”
  • French: “Rif”
  • Icelandic: “Rif”
  • Irish: “Rif”
  • Japanese: “リフ”
  • Polish: “Rif”
  • Portuguese: “Rif”
  • Swedish: “Rif, Island”
  • Swedish: “Rif”

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