Hvalfjörður

Hvalfjörður is situated in the west of between and . The fjord is approximately 30 kilometres long and 5 kilometres wide. The origin of the name Hvalfjörður is uncertain.
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  • Type: Fjord
  • Description: fjord in Iceland
  • Also known as: Hval Fiord” and “Hval Fjörd

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hallgrímskirkja.

Church
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, also known as í Saurbæ or Saurbæjarkirkja, is a church in , . is situated 3½ km northeast of Hvalfjörður.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grundartangi.

Locality
is a locality, which is situated 6 km west of Hvalfjörður.

Hvalfjörður

Latitude
64.37639° or 64° 22′ 35″ north
Longitude
-21.66306° or 21° 39′ 47″ west
Open location code
99PW98GP+HQ
Geo­Names ID
3415843
Wiki­data ID
Q593040
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Hvalfjörður” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Հվալֆյորդ
  • Cebuano: Hvalfjörður
  • Chinese: 华尔峡湾
  • Danish: Hvalfjörður
  • Dutch: Hvalfjordur
  • Dutch: Hvalfjörður
  • French: Hvalfjördhur
  • French: Hvalfjordur
  • French: Hvalfjorður
  • French: Hvalfjördur
  • French: Hvalfjörður
  • Galician: Hvalfjörður
  • German: Hvalfjördur
  • German: Hvalfjörður
  • Hungarian: Hvalfjörður
  • Icelandic: Hvalfjörður
  • Indonesian: Hvalfjörður
  • Italian: Hvalfjörður
  • Japanese: クヴァールフィヨルズル
  • Japanese: ハヴァルフィヨルド
  • Korean: 크발피외르뒤르
  • Latin: Hvalfiordum
  • Latin: Hvalfjordum
  • Latin: Hvalfjordus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hvalfjord
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hvalfjorden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hvalfjörður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hvalfjördur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hvalfjörður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvalfjord
  • Norwegian: Hvalfjörður
  • Polish: Hvalfjörður
  • Russian: Хваль-фьорд
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hvalfjörður
  • Spanish: Hvalfjordur
  • Spanish: Hvalfjorður
  • Spanish: Hvalfjördur
  • Spanish: Hvalfjörður
  • Swedish: Hvalfjördur
  • Swedish: Hvalfjörður
  • Ukrainian: Гваль-фіорд
  • Ukrainian: Хваль-фіорд

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