Esja

Esja is a 914 m mountain situated in the south-west of , about ten kilometres north of Iceland's capital city . Esja is not a single mountain, but a volcanic mountain range, made from basalt and tuff.
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Axel Kristinsson, CC BY 2.0.
  • Peak rising to 914 metres (2,999 feet)
  • Description: Icelandic mountain
  • Also known as
    “Esga”
    “Esja Mountain”
    “Hábunga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Þverfellshorn.
Schneelocke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a peak in the Esjan mountains of in southwestern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grundarhverfi and Mosfellsbaer.
Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kjalarnes is the least populous district in the… is situated 8 km west of Esja.
OddurBen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mosfellsbær is a town in south-west , 12 kilometres east of the country's capital, . is situated 9 km south of Esja.

Esja

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Latitude
64.24501° or 64° 14′ 42″ north
Longitude
-21.65686° or 21° 39′ 25″ west
Open location code
99PW68WV+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4363603873
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3417544
Wiki­data ID
Q116693

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Esja” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إسجا”
  • Catalan: “Esja”
  • Cebuano: “Esja”
  • Chechen: “Есянь”
  • Chinese: “埃夏山”
  • Chinese: “埃斯加山”
  • Czech: “Esja”
  • Czech: “Esjan”
  • Danish: “Esjan”
  • Dutch: “Esja”
  • Esperanto: “Esja”
  • French: “Esja”
  • French: “Esjan”
  • French: “Mont Esja”
  • German: “Esja”
  • Hebrew: “אסיאן”
  • Hebrew: “אסייה”
  • Icelandic: “Esja”
  • Italian: “Esjan”
  • Japanese: “エジャン山”
  • Ladin: “Esjan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Esja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Esjan”
  • Norwegian: “Esja”
  • Persian: “اسجان”
  • Polish: “Esja”
  • Portuguese: “Esja”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Esja”
  • Russian: “Esja”
  • Russian: “Esjan”
  • Russian: “Есянь”
  • Russian: “Эсья”
  • Slovak: “Esjan”
  • Spanish: “Esja”
  • Swedish: “Esja”
  • Ukrainian: “Еша”
  • Vlaams: “Esja”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایسجان”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gunnlaugsskarð and Hátindur.

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