Helgafell

Helgafell is an inactive 227 m volcanic cone located on the island of in the archipelago in . The peninsula immediately to the south of Helgafell in what is now southern Heimaey formed about 6000 years ago.
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Eldfell and Vestmannaeyjar Airport.

Volcano
Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a volcanic cone just over 200 metres high on the island of in the Westman Islands. It formed in a volcanic eruption that began without warning on the eastern side of Heimaey on 23 January 1973.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, GFDL.
is a two-runway on the island of , in , a small archipelago off the south coast of . The airport services seasonal, charter and medical flights as well as general aviation.

College
, the comprehensive secondary school of , , was founded 1979 when the mechanical engineering, common trades and the higher education department of the secondary school merged into one.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vestmannaeyjar.

Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town on the island of Heimaey. Heimaey is the largest of 15–18 islands in the Westman Islands archipelago, just off the south-west coast of 's mainland.

Helgafell

Latitude
63.42934° or 63° 25′ 46″ north
Longitude
-20.25956° or 20° 15′ 34″ west
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Open location code
99MXCPHR+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 445065623
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3416473
Wiki­data ID
Q1141849
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Satellite Map

Discover Helgafell from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Helgafell” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هيلجافيل (فيستمانايابير)”
  • Arabic: “هيلجافيل”
  • Asturian: “Helgafell”
  • Cebuano: “Helgafell”
  • Danish: “Helgafell”
  • Dutch: “Helgafell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هيلجافيل”
  • French: “Helgafell”
  • German: “Helgafell”
  • Hungarian: “Helgafell”
  • Icelandic: “Helgafell”
  • Indonesian: “Helgafell”
  • Italian: “Helgafell”
  • Japanese: “ヘルガフェットル”
  • Korean: “헬가펠 화산”
  • Ladin: “Helgafell”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Helgafell”
  • Persian: “آتشفشان هلگافل”
  • Polish: “Helgafell”
  • Portuguese: “Helgafell”
  • Swedish: “Helgafell”
  • Turkish: “Helgafell”
  • Venetian: “Helgafell”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہیلگافیل”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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