Helgafell
Helgafell is a small mountain on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland. The mountain is 73 metres high. A temple in honor of Thor was built there by Þórólfr Mostrarskegg, the first settler of the area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: לערי ריינהארט, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 73 metres
- Description: mountain in Snæfellsnes, Iceland
- Also known as: “Hellgafell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stykkishólmur Airport.
Stykkishólmur Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: BIL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stykkishólmur Airport is an airport serving Stykkishólmur, Iceland. There are no scheduled flights. There has been scheduled flights to Reykjavik during parts of the 20th century, but improved roads has made flights less needed.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stykkishólmur.
Stykkishólmur
Stykkishólmur is a town in West Iceland, on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is often called "the gateway to the islands" of Breiðafjörður. The population is a little over 1,200.
Helgafell
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Stykkishólmur-Helgafellssveit, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.04239° or 65° 2′ 33″ northLongitude
-22.72895° or 22° 43′ 44″ westElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
99QV27RC+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4333948261OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Helgafell” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Helgafell”
- Danish: “Helgafell”
- Dutch: “Helgafell”
- French: “Helgafell”
- German: “Helgafell”
- Icelandic: “Helgafell”
- Indonesian: “Helgafell”
- Ladin: “Helgafell”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Helgafell”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Helgafell”
- Norwegian: “Helgafell”
- Persian: “هلگافل”
- Polish: “Helgafell”
- Portuguese: “Helgafell”
- Swedish: “Helgafell, Helgafellssveit”
- Swedish: “Helgafell”
- Turkish: “Helgafell”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sauranes and Drápuhlíð-Innri.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Helgafellskirkja and Helgafellskirkjugarður.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Helgafell”. Photo: לערי ריינהארט, CC BY 2.5.