Kleifarvatn

Kleifarvatn is the largest lake on the Reykjanes Peninsula in , situated in the southern part of the peninsula. It is located on the fissure zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: Kleifar Lake

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krýsuvík.

Locality
is an area in Southwest Iceland at about 35 km from . is situated 3½ km southwest of Kleifarvatn.

Kleifarvatn

Latitude
63.92637° or 63° 55′ 35″ north
Longitude
-21.97892° or 21° 58′ 44″ west
Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)
Open location code
99MWW2GC+GC
Geo­Names ID
3415328
Wiki­data ID
Q574165
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Venetian—“Kleifarvatn” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Kleyvarvatn
  • Belarusian: Возера Клейварватн
  • Belarusian: Клейварватн
  • Bulgarian: Клеифарватн
  • Cebuano: Kleifarvatn
  • Chuvash: Клейварватн
  • Dutch: Kleifarvatn
  • Esperanto: Kleifarvatn
  • French: Kleifarvatn
  • German: Kleifarvatn
  • Hungarian: Kleifarvatn
  • Icelandic: Kleifarvatn
  • Indonesian: Kleifarvatn
  • Italian: Kleifarvatn
  • Japanese: クレイヴァルヴァトン湖
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kleifarvatn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kleifarvatn
  • Norwegian: Kleifarvatn
  • Polish: Kleifarvatn
  • Russian: Клейварватн
  • Spanish: Kleifarvatn
  • Swedish: Kleifarvatn
  • Turkish: Kleifarvatn
  • Ukrainian: Клейварватн
  • Venetian: Kleifarvatn

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