Geysir

Geysir, sometimes known as The Great Geysir, is a geyser in south-western that geological studies suggest started forming about 1150 CE. The English word geyser derives from Geysir.
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  • Geyser
  • …lies at an elevation of 101 metres (331 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: geyser in southwestern Iceland
  • Also known as
    “Great Geyser”
    “Great Geysir”
    “Stóri Geysir”
    “The Geyser”
Photo: Grebenkov, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Strokkur.

Geyser
Photo: Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a fountain-type geyser located…

Geysir

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Latitude
64.31384° or 64° 18′ 50″ north
Longitude
-20.29951° or 20° 17′ 58″ west
Open location code
99PX8P72+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60653536
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­geyser
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3417067
Wiki­data ID
Q216846

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Geysir” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գեյզեր”
  • Armenian: “Գեյզիր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qeyzer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qeyzerler”
  • Belarusian: “Гейсір”
  • Belarusian: “Гейсыр”
  • Bengali: “গ্রেট গেইসির”
  • Bulgarian: “Гейсир”
  • Bulgarian: “Стори Гейсир”
  • Catalan: “Geysir”
  • Cebuano: “Geysir”
  • Chinese: “盖歇尔间歇泉”
  • Chinese: “盖锡尔与斯特罗柯间歇泉”
  • Chinese: “蓋錫爾與斯特羅柯間歇泉”
  • Croatian: “Gejziri”
  • Croatian: “Geysir”
  • Czech: “Geysir”
  • Czech: “The Great Geysir”
  • Czech: “Velký gejzír”
  • Czech: “Velký Geysir”
  • Danish: “Geyser”
  • Danish: “Geysir”
  • Dutch: “Geysir”
  • Esperanto: “Geysir”
  • Faroese: “Geysir”
  • French: “Geysir”
  • German: “Geysir”
  • German: “Grosser Geysir”
  • German: “Großer Geysir”
  • Hebrew: “גייסיר”
  • Hungarian: “Geysir”
  • Icelandic: “Geysir”
  • Indonesian: “Geysir”
  • Italian: “Geysir”
  • Italian: “Il grande Geysir”
  • Japanese: “ガイサー”
  • Japanese: “ゲイシール”
  • Korean: “게이시르”
  • Macedonian: “Гејсир”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Geysir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Geysir i Haukadalur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Geysir på Island”
  • Norwegian: “Geysir”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Geysir”
  • Polish: “Geysir”
  • Portuguese: “Geysir”
  • Romanian: “Geysir”
  • Russian: “Большой гейзер”
  • Russian: “Большой Гейзер”
  • Russian: “Гейсир”
  • Slovenian: “Geysir”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki gejzir”
  • Spanish: “Geysir”
  • Spanish: “Gran Geysir”
  • Swedish: “Geysir”
  • Ukrainian: “Гейсір”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґейсір”
  • Vietnamese: “Geysir”

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