Skagastrond

Skagaströnd, previously Höfðakaupstaður, is a municipality and village in the of . It is situated on the western side of the Skagi peninsula, along the east coast of the .
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  • Type: Locality with 470 residents
  • Description: village in Northwestern Region, Iceland
  • Also known as: Höfðakaupstaður”, “Kántríbær”, “Skagastrands”, “Skagastroend”, “Skagaströnd”, and “Skagaströnd (village)
  • Postal code: 545

Skagastrond

Latitude
65.82319° or 65° 49′ 24″ north
Longitude
-20.30248° or 20° 18′ 9″ west
Population
470
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS SKA
Open location code
99QXRMFX+72
Geo­Names ID
3416248
Wiki­data ID
Q1240428
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Volapük—“Skagastrond” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Skagaströnd
  • Asturian: Skagaströnd
  • Basque: Skagaströnd
  • Catalan: Skagaströnd
  • Cebuano: Skagaströnd
  • Chinese: 斯卡加斯特伦
  • Chinese: 斯卡加斯特倫
  • Czech: Skagaströnd
  • Danish: Skagaströnd
  • Dutch: Skagastrond
  • Dutch: Skagaströnd
  • Esperanto: Skagaströnd
  • Finnish: Skagaströnd
  • French: Skagaströnd
  • German: Skagaströnd
  • Hungarian: Skagaströnd
  • Icelandic: Höfðakaupstaður
  • Icelandic: Kántríbær
  • Icelandic: Skagastrandar
  • Icelandic: Skagaströnd
  • Indonesian: Skagaströnd
  • Irish: Skagaströnd
  • Italian: Skagaströnd
  • Japanese: スカガストロンド
  • Malay: Skagaströnd
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd
  • Northern Sami: Skagaströnd
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skagaströnd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skagaströnd
  • Norwegian: Skagaströnd
  • Polish: Skagaströnd
  • Portuguese: Skagaströnd
  • Russian: Скагастрёнд (поселение)
  • Russian: Скагастрёнд
  • Spanish: Skagaströnd
  • Swedish: Skagaströnd
  • Turkish: Skagaströnd
  • Volapük: Skagaströnd

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