Hreðavatn
Hreðavatn is a lake in the west of Iceland. It is situated near Route 1 between Borgarnes and the pass of Holtavörtuheiði. Nearby is the university faculty of the Bifröst University and the Grábrók craters as well as the mountain Baula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Borgarbyggð, Western Region, Iceland
- Also known as: “Hredavatn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Glanni and Laxfoss.
Laxfoss
Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laxfoss is a waterfall, which is situated 2½ km south of Hreðavatn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bifröst and Varmaland.
Bifröst
Village
Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bifröst is a small settlement in western Iceland, in the Mýrasýsla county. It is located in the Northwest political constituency and is the site of Bifröst University, a small private campus university.
Varmaland
Hamlet
Varmaland is a village in Stafholtstungur, in the Borgarfjörður region of Iceland. For many years Varmaland was a Women's college and center for teaching of cookery and domestic skills for young aspiring home makers. Varmaland is situated 8 km south of Hreðavatn.
Hreðavatn
- Category: body of water
- Location: Borgarbyggð, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Hreðavatn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hreðavatn”
- Dutch: “Hreðavatn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره هريدايڤاتن”
- Esperanto: “Hreðavatn”
- French: “Hreðavatn”
- German: “Hreðavatn”
- Icelandic: “Hreðavatn”
- Italian: “Hreðavatn”
- Japanese: “フレーザヴァトン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hreðavatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hreðavatn”
- Norwegian: “Hreðavatn”
- Polish: “Hreðavatn”
- Russian: “Хредаватн”
- Swedish: “Hreðavatn”
- Turkish: “Hreðavatn”
- Venetian: “Hreðavatn”
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Highlights include Dyngja and Laxfoss.
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