Hnífsdalur

Hnífsdalur is a valley in Westfjords, Iceland and has an elevation of 47 metres.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ísafjarðarkirkja and Torfnesvöllur.

Ísafjarðarkirkja

Church

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Ísafjarðarkirkja is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Hnífsdalur.

Torfnesvöllur, known as Kerecisvöllurinn for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Ísafjörður, Iceland and the home of Vestri and Knattspyrnufélagið Hörður. It broke ground in 1963 and was opened on 18 July 1964. Torfnesvöllur is situated 3½ km southeast of Hnífsdalur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hnífsdalur and Ísafjörður.

Hnífsdalur

Village

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Hnífsdalur is a small village in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, located between Bolungarvík and Ísafjörður. The literal meaning of the name is "Knife's Valley". Hnífsdalur is situated 3 km east of Hnífsdalur.

Ísafjörður

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Ísafjörður is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or eyri, in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord Ísafjarðardjúp.

Bolungarvik

Town

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Bolungarvík is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately 14 km from the town of Ísafjörður and 473 km from the capital city Reykjavík. Bolungarvik is situated 7 km northwest of Hnífsdalur.

Hnífsdalur

Type: Valley with an elevation of 47 metres
Also known as: “Hnifsdalur”
Category: landform
Location: Westfjords, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

66.10076° or 66° 6′ 3″ north

Longitude

-23.17761° or 23° 10′ 39″ west

Elevation

47 metres (154 feet)

Open location code

99RR4R2C+8X

GeoNames ID

3416266

Wikidata ID

Q27014564

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hnífsdalur” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hnífsdalur”
Icelandic: “Hnífsdalur”
Swedish: “Hnífsdalur”

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