Faxaflói
Faxaflói, sometimes Faxa Bay, Faxe Bay or Faxi Bay, is a bay in southwest Iceland, between the peninsulas of Snæfellsnes and Reykjanes.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Bay
- Description: a bay in southwestern Iceland
- Also known as: “Faxa Bay”, “Faxafloi”, “Faxaflói (vik i Island)”, “Faxe Bay”, “Faxebugt”, “Faxi Bay”, and “Faxi Floi”
Faxaflói
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.32222° or 64° 19′ 20″ north
Longitude
-22.4506° or 22° 27′ 2″ west
Open location code
99PV8GCX+VQ
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vlaams—“Faxaflói” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Faxaflói”
- Basque: “Faxaflói”
- Bulgarian: “Фахсафлоуи”
- Catalan: “Faxaflói”
- Cebuano: “Faxaflói”
- Chinese: “法赫萨湾”
- Czech: “Faxaflói”
- Dutch: “Faxaflói”
- Esperanto: “Faxaflói”
- Estonian: “Faxaflói”
- French: “Faxaflói”
- Georgian: “ფაქსაფლოუი”
- German: “Faxaflói”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ פקסה”
- Hungarian: “Faxaflói”
- Icelandic: “Faxaflói”
- Italian: “Faxaflói”
- Japanese: “ファクサ湾”
- Korean: “팍사만”
- Korean: “팍사플로이”
- Macedonian: “Факсафлоуи”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Faxaflói”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faxaflói”
- Norwegian: “Faxaflói”
- Polish: “Faxaflói”
- Polish: “Zatoka Faxa”
- Portuguese: “Faxaflói”
- Russian: “Фахсафлоуи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Faxaflói”
- Spanish: “Faxaflói”
- Swedish: “Faxaflói”
- Ukrainian: “Фахсафлоуі”
- Venetian: “Faxaflói”
- Vlaams: “Faxaflói”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Akranes and Suðurnes.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Urðarboði and Þormóðssker.
West Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Borgarnes and Stykkishólmur.
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