Nordic countries
Iceland
Capital Region

Gelgjutangi

Gelgjutangi is a small peninsula on the , in eastern , Iceland. Geirsnef, a small islet is located to the south of the peninsula.
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Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Menntaskólinn við Sund and Arbaer Outdoor Museum.

College
is a secondary school in founded in 1969. At the time, there were only 4 other such schools in Iceland.

Museum
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
Árbæjarsafn is the historical of the city of as well as an open-air museum and a regional museum. Its purpose is to give the public an insight into the living conditions, work and recreational activities of the people of Reykjavík in earlier times.

Church
Photo: Tommy Bee, Public domain.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kópavogur and Reykjavík.

Photo: Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Photo: Napoleon tnt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and largest city in and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of .

Gelgjutangi

Latitude
64.13158° or 64° 7′ 54″ north
Longitude
-21.84102° or 21° 50′ 28″ west
Open location code
99PW45J5+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 165454079
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peninsula
Geo­Names ID
3417086
Wiki­data ID
Q16425048
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Satellite Map

Discover Gelgjutangi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gelgjutangi” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Gelgjutangi”
  • Icelandic: “Gelgjutangi”
  • Swedish: “Gelgjutangi”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Vogabyggð and Vogar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Háubakkar and Snarfarahöfn.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gelgjutangi”. Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.