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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  • Fjord
  • Description: fjord in Iceland
  • Also known as
    “Hval Fiord”
    “Hval Fjörd”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hallgrímskirkja.
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, also known as … is situated 3½ km northeast of Hvalfjörður.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grundartangi.
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is a locality, which is situated 6 km west of Hvalfjörður.

Hvalfjörður

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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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