Grundarfjordur
Grundarfjörður is a town in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of Iceland. It is situated between a mountain range and the sea. The nearby mountain Kirkjufell forms a small peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 852 residents
- Description: city in Iceland
- Also known as: “Grafarnes”, “Grundarfjoerdur”, and “Grundarfjörður”
- Postal code: 350
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkjufell and Kirkjufellsfossar.
Kirkjufell
Peak
Kirkjufell is a 463 m high hill on the north coast of Iceland's Snæfellsnes peninsula, near the town of Grundarfjörður. It is claimed to be the most photographed mountain in the country. Kirkjufell is situated 2½ km northwest of Grundarfjordur.
Grundarfoss
Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grundarfoss is a waterfall, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Grundarfjordur.
Grundarfjordur
- Categories: village and city
- Location: Grundarfjarðarbær, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Volapük—“Grundarfjordur” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Grundarfjörður”
- Basque: “Grundarfjörður”
- Cebuano: “Grundarfjörður”
- Chinese: “格倫達菲厄澤”
- Czech: “Grundarfjörður”
- Dutch: “Grundarfjörður”
- Estonian: “Grundarfjörður”
- French: “Grundarfjörður”
- German: “Grundarfjörður”
- Hungarian: “Grundarfjörður”
- Icelandic: “Grundarfirði”
- Icelandic: “Grundarfjarðar”
- Icelandic: “Grundarfjörður”
- Italian: “Grundarfjörður”
- Japanese: “クルンタルフィヨルズル”
- Luxembourgish: “Grundarfjörður”
- Polish: “Grundarfjörður”
- Portuguese: “Grundarfjörður”
- Russian: “Грундарфьордюр”
- Russian: “Грюндарфьордюр”
- Spanish: “Grundarfjörður”
- Swedish: “Grundarfjörður”
- Turkish: “Grundarfjörður”
- Volapük: “Grundarfjörður”
- “Grundarfjörður”
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Notable Places Nearby
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