Hnífsdalur
Hnífsdalur is a valley in Westfjords, Iceland and has an elevation of 47 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
Pitch
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
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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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hnífsdalur” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hnífsdalur”
- Icelandic: “Hnífsdalur”
- Swedish: “Hnífsdalur”
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