Helgrindur
Helgrindur is a volcanic mountain range or massif in the middle of the Snæfellsnes peninsula that provides a backdrop to the port of Grundarfjörður. The volcano can be regarded as potentially active, with a risk of lava flows and much more rarely explosive tephra eruptions.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Búðir.
Búðir
Locality
Búðir is a small hamlet in Búðahraun lava fields in Staðarsveit, which is in the western region of Iceland, on the westernmost tip of the Snaefellsnes peninsula where Hraunhafnará falls to the sea, the original old name of Búðir having been Hraunhöfn. Búðir is situated 8 km south of Helgrindur.
Helgrindur
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 887 metres
- Description: mountain
- Categories: mountain, volcano, Leer, and landform
- Location: Grundarfjarðarbær, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.89093° or 64° 53′ 27″ north
Longitude
-23.34286° or 23° 20′ 34″ west
Elevation
887 metres (2,910 feet)
Open location code
99PRVMR4+9V
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Helgrindur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Helgrindur”
- Basque: “Lýsuhóll”
- Cebuano: “Helgrindur”
- Dutch: “Helgrindur”
- French: “Helgrindur”
- German: “Helgrindur”
- Icelandic: “Helgrindur”
- Icelandic: “Lýsuhóll”
- Italian: “Helgrindur”
- Ladin: “Helgrindur”
- Luxembourgish: “Helgrindur”
- Polish: “Helgrindur”
- Russian: “Лисюскард”
- Russian: “Лисюхоудль”
- Russian: “Хельгриндюр”
- Swedish: “Helgrindur”
- Venetian: “Helgrindur”
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