Gardur
Garður is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula, bordered by the Faxaflói Bay. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Sandgerði.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,430 residents
- Description: town in Iceland
- Also known as: “Garður”
- Postal code: 250
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garðskagaviti and Garður Lighthouse.
Garðskagaviti
Lighthouse
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Garðskagaviti is a lighthouse located on Garðskaði, the easternmost tip of Iceland's, Southern Peninsula. Garðskagaviti actually refers to two lighthouses: the first was built in 1897 and, in 1944, a second lighthouse was built to replace the original.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garður and Sandgerði.
Sandgerði
Town
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Sandgerði, also known as Sandgerðisbær, is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Garður. Sandgerði is situated 4½ km southwest of Gardur.
Keflavík
Keflavík is a town in Southwest Iceland that is home to the country's international airport. The population was approximately 16,000 in 2018, before further municipality mergers.
Gardur
- Category: town
- Location: Suðurnesjabær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Gardur” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Gardur”
- Asturian: “Garður”
- Basque: “Garður”
- Cebuano: “Garður”
- Chinese: “加爾澤”
- Czech: “Garður”
- Dutch: “Garður”
- French: “Garður”
- German: “Garður”
- Icelandic: “Garð”
- Icelandic: “Garðar”
- Icelandic: “Garði”
- Icelandic: “Garður (bær)”
- Icelandic: “Garður”
- Icelandic: “Gerðar”
- Icelandic: “Görðum”
- Lithuanian: “Garduras”
- Macedonian: “Кардир”
- Malay: “Garður”
- Moksha: “Гардур”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Garður”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Garður”
- Norwegian: “Garður”
- Persian: “گاردور”
- Polish: “Garður”
- Russian: “Гардюр”
- Scots: “Garður”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Garður”
- Spanish: “Garður”
- Swedish: “Garður”
- Ukrainian: “Гардур”
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