Grindavik
Grindavík is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, not far from Þorbjörn, a tuya. It is one of the few towns with a harbour on this coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town with 1,250 residents
- Description: town in Iceland
- Also known as: “Grindavík”
- Postal code: 240
Places of Interest
Highlights include Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Grindavik and Þorbjörn.
Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Grindavik
Military installation
Photo: Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naval Radio Transmitter Facility Grindavik is a transmission facility of the US Navy at Grindavík, Iceland, maintained by the N62 Division. It is active on shortwave and longwave under the callsign TFK on 37.5 kHz.
Þorbjörn
Peak
Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Þorbjörn is a 243 m high volcanic mountain next to the town of Grindavík on Reykjanes peninsula, Iceland. Blue Lagoon can be easily seen from the summit.
Grindavik
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Grindavíkurbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.84424° or 63° 50′ 39″ northLongitude
-22.43175° or 22° 25′ 54″ westPopulation
1,250Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)United Nations Location Code
IS GRIOpen location code
99MVRHV9+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 244149207OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Frisian—“Grindavik” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Grindavík”
- Arabic: “غريندافيك”
- Asturian: “Grindavík”
- Basque: “Grindavík”
- Belarusian: “Грындавік”
- Catalan: “Grindavík”
- Cebuano: “Grindavík”
- Chinese: “格林达维克”
- Czech: “Grindavík”
- Danish: “Grindavík”
- Dutch: “Grindavik”
- Dutch: “Grindavík”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جرينداڤيك”
- Esperanto: “Grindavík”
- Estonian: “Grindavík”
- Finnish: “Grindavik”
- Finnish: “Grindavík”
- French: “Grindavik”
- French: “Grindavík”
- German: “Gitterbucht”
- German: “Grindavik”
- German: “Grindavík”
- Greek: “Γκρίνταβικ”
- Hebrew: “גרינדאוויק”
- Hungarian: “Grindavík”
- Icelandic: “Grindavík”
- Icelandic: “Grindavíkur”
- Icelandic: “Grindavíkurbær”
- Icelandic: “Grindavíkurkaupstaður”
- Ido: “Grindavík”
- Indonesian: “Grindavík”
- Interlingue: “Grindavík”
- Italian: “Grindavik”
- Italian: “Grindavík”
- Japanese: “グリンダヴィーク”
- Korean: “그린다비크”
- Kotava: “Grindavík”
- Latin: “Grindavík”
- Latvian: “Grindavika”
- Lithuanian: “Grindavikas”
- Macedonian: “Гриндавик”
- Macedonian: “Кринтавик”
- Malay: “Grindavík”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Grindavíkurbær”
- Moksha: “Гриндавик”
- Northern Sami: “Grindavíkurbær”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grindavík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grindavikurbær”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grindavíkurbær”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grindavík”
- Norwegian: “Grindavík”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Grindavík”
- Ossetian: “Гриндавик”
- Persian: “گرینداویک”
- Polish: “Grindavik”
- Polish: “Grindavík”
- Portuguese: “Grindavik”
- Portuguese: “Grindavík”
- Romanian: “Grindavík”
- Russian: “Гриндавик”
- Scots: “Grindavík”
- Serbian: “Grindavik”
- Serbian: “Гриндавик”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grindavík”
- Silesian: “Grindavík”
- Slovenian: “Grindavik”
- Slovenian: “Grindavík”
- Spanish: “Grindavik”
- Spanish: “Grindavík”
- Swedish: “Grindavik”
- Swedish: “Grindavík”
- Turkish: “Grindavík”
- Ukrainian: “Гріндавік”
- Ukrainian: “Ґріндавік”
- Volapük: “Grindavík”
- Welsh: “Grindavik”
- Welsh: “Grindavík”
- Western Frisian: “Grindavík”
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