Garðabær
Garðabær is a town and municipality in the Capital Region of Iceland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Búrfell and Húsfell.
Búrfell
Peak
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Búrfell and the connected lava channel Búrfellsgjá are famous and protected landmarks of the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland. They are part of the Krýsuvík volcanic system.
Húsfell
Peak
Photo: Snilld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Húsfell is a peak, which is situated 4 km southeast of Garðabær.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hafnarfjörður and Kaplakriki.
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður is a town in Southwest Iceland with a population of 30,000. The town was built atop lava fields that erupted 12,000 years ago. Hafnarfjörður was first settled in the late 14th century, a long history as a town by Icelandic standards, although today it is considered a suburb of Reykjavík.
Kaplakriki
Locality
Photo: SergejPassau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kaplakriki is a multi-purpose stadium in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar. Kaplakriki is situated 4½ km northwest of Garðabær.
Garðabær
- Also known as: “1300”, “Gardabaer”, and “Garðahreppur”
- Location: Capital Region, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.0537° or 64° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
-21.8569° or 21° 51′ 25″ westElevation
134 metres (440 feet)Open location code
99PW343V+F6GeoNames ID
3417190
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Veps—“Garðabær” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غارذاباير”
- Armenian: “Գարդաբայր”
- Belarusian: “Горад Гардабайр”
- Chinese: “加尔扎拜尔”
- Georgian: “ჰარდაბაირი”
- Hebrew: “גארדבאיר”
- Japanese: “ガルザバイル”
- Kazakh: “Гардабайр”
- Korean: “가르다바이르”
- Lithuanian: “Gardabairas”
- Macedonian: “Гардабајр”
- Ossetian: “Гардабайр”
- Persian: “گارذابایر”
- Russian: “Гардабайр”
- Ukrainian: “Ґардабаїр”
- Veps: “Gardabair”
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