Helgastaðir

Helgastaðir is a farm in , . Helgastaðir is situated nearby to the town , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ólafsvíkurkirkja.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Olafsvik and Rif.

Town
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Ólafsvík is a small town in on the northern side of the Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Helgastaðir.

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is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in . The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.

Helgastaðir

Latitude
64.9° or 64° 54′ north
Longitude
-23.7° or 23° 42′ west
Open location code
99PRW822+22
Geo­Names ID
3416467
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In Other Languages

“Helgastaðir” goes by many names.
  • Icelandic: “Helgastaðir”

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