Olafsvik

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.
Wikipedia
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  • Town with about 970 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (70 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code OLI
  • Description: town in Iceland
  • Postal code: 355

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ólafsvíkurkirkja.
Bultro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rif and Hellissandur.
Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Olafsvik.
Chris Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in .

Olafsvik

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Latitude
64.89593° or 64° 53′ 45″ north
Longitude
-23.70843° or 23° 42′ 30″ west
UN/LOCODE
IS OLV
Open location code
99PRV7WR+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 126054561
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3414079
Wiki­data ID
Q292970

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Volapük—“Olafsvik” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ólafsvík”
  • Basque: “Ólafsvík”
  • Belarusian: “Оўлафсвік”
  • Belarusian: “Оўляфсьвік”
  • Cebuano: “Ólafsvík”
  • Chinese: “歐拉夫斯維克”
  • Czech: “Ólafsvík”
  • Danish: “Ólafsvík”
  • Dutch: “Ólafsvík”
  • Faroese: “Ólafsvík”
  • French: “Ólafsvík”
  • Galician: “Ólafsvík”
  • Georgian: “ოულაფსვიკი”
  • German: “Ólafsvík”
  • Icelandic: “Ólafsvík”
  • Icelandic: “Ólafsvíkurbær”
  • Icelandic: “Ólafsvíkurhreppur”
  • Icelandic: “Ólafsvíkurkaupstaður”
  • Indonesian: “Ólafsvík”
  • Italian: “Ólafsvík”
  • Japanese: “オーラフスビーク”
  • Japanese: “オゥラフスヴィーク”
  • Japanese: “オラフスヴィク”
  • Korean: “올라프스비크”
  • Lithuanian: “Oulafsvikas”
  • Macedonian: “Оулафсвик”
  • Moksha: “Оулафсвик”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ólafsvík”
  • Norwegian: “Ólafsvík”
  • Ossetian: “Олафсвик”
  • Ossetian: “Оулафсвик”
  • Polish: “Ólafsvík”
  • Portuguese: “Ólafsvík”
  • Russian: “Олафсвик”
  • Russian: “Оулафсвик”
  • Scots: “Ólafsvík”
  • Silesian: “Ólafsvík”
  • Spanish: “Ólafsvík”
  • Swedish: “Ólafsvík”
  • Ukrainian: “Оулафсвік”
  • Urdu: “اولافس ویک”
  • Volapük: “Ólafsvík”

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