Gullfoss

Gullfoss is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest , between the municipalities of and .
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Гудльфосс”, “Гуллфосс”, “Ґуллфосс”, “Гульфос”, “Ґульфос”, “Обшори Галфосс”, “ابشار گولفوس”, and “شلال غولفوس”
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Photo: PierreSelim, CC BY 4.0.

Gullfoss

Latitude
64.32732° or 64° 19′ 38″ north
Longitude
-20.1191° or 20° 7′ 9″ west
Elevation
208 metres (682 feet)
Open location code
99PX8VGJ+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2051929076
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
3416804
Wiki­data ID
Q38519
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gullfoss” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جولفوس”
  • Armenian: “Գյուդլֆոս”
  • Asturian: “Gullfoss”
  • Basque: “Gullfoss”
  • Bengali: “গুলফস”
  • Bulgarian: “Гълфос”
  • Bulgarian: “Гюдълфос”
  • Catalan: “Gullfoss”
  • Cebuano: “Gullfoss (busay sa Islandya, Suðurland)”
  • Cebuano: “Gullfoss”
  • Chinese: “古佛斯瀑布”
  • Chinese: “居德瀑布”
  • Chinese: “黃金瀑布”
  • Czech: “Gullfoss”
  • Czech: “Zlatý vodopád”
  • Danish: “Gullfoss”
  • Dutch: “Gullfoss”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جولفوس”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شلال جولفوس”
  • Esperanto: “Gullfoss”
  • Estonian: “Gullfoss”
  • Faroese: “Gullfossur”
  • Finnish: “Gullfoss”
  • French: “Gullfoss”
  • German: “Gullfoss”
  • Hebrew: “גאלפוס”
  • Hebrew: “גוטלפוס”
  • Hungarian: “Gullfoss-vízesés”
  • Hungarian: “Gullfoss”
  • Icelandic: “Gullfoss”
  • Indonesian: “Gullfoss”
  • Italian: “Gullfoss”
  • Japanese: “グトルフォス”
  • Korean: “굴포스”
  • Lithuanian: “Gudlfosas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Gullfoss”
  • Macedonian: “Гидлфос”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار گولفوس”
  • Mazanderani: “گولفوس ئوشار”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gullfoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gullfoss”
  • Norwegian: “Gullfoss”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gullfoss”
  • Persian: “آبشار گولفوس”
  • Polish: “Gullfoss”
  • Portuguese: “Gullfoss”
  • Romanian: “Gullfoss”
  • Russian: “Гюдльфосс”
  • Scots: “Gullfoss”
  • Slovenian: “Gullfoss”
  • Spanish: “Gullfoss”
  • Swedish: “Gullfoss”
  • Tajik: “Галфосс”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Галфосс”
  • Thai: “กุลล์ฟอสส์”
  • Ukrainian: “Гульфосс”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґульфосс”
  • Urdu: “گل فوس آبشار”
  • Welsh: “Gullfoss”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلفوس”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Haukadalur and Laxárgljúfur.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Gullfoss and Gullfoss Falls.

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