Lundey
Lundey is a small, uninhabited island off the western coast of Reykjavík, Iceland in Faxaflói Bay. There is one structure present on the island. Lundey lies less than 7 kilometres from the city center.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Julius Agrippa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: an island in Iceland
- Also known as: “Lundey í Kollafirði” and “Lundey, Faxaflói”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Imagine Peace Tower and Viðeyjarkirkja.
Imagine Peace Tower
Memorial
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
The Imagine Peace Tower is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near Reykjavík, Iceland. Installed in 2007, it consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grundarhverfi and Mosfellsbaer.
Grundarhverfi
Village
Kjalarnes is the least populous district in the municipality of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, with a population of around 600 inhabitants.
Mosfellsbaer
Town
Photo: OddurBen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west Iceland, 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated with the Celtic nations.
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.
Lundey
- Categories: island and recreation area
- Location: Capital Region, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.18668° or 64° 11′ 12″ northLongitude
-21.82765° or 21° 49′ 40″ westInception
June 8th, 2021Open location code
99PW55PC+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 1101743226OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Satellite Map
Discover Lundey from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Lundey” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Lundey”
- Cebuano: “Lundey”
- Chinese: “伦代岛”
- Chinese: “倫代島”
- Danish: “Lundey”
- Dutch: “Lundey”
- Finnish: “Lundey”
- French: “Lundey”
- German: “Lundey”
- Icelandic: “Lundey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lundey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lundey”
- Portuguese: “Lundey”
- Russian: “Люндей”
- Spanish: “Lundey”
- Swedish: “Lundey”
- Turkish: “Lundey (Höfuðborgarsvæði)”
- Turkish: “Lundey”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lundey”. Photo: Julius Agrippa, CC BY-SA 2.5.