Eldey
Eldey is a small, uninhabited island about 13 kilometres off the coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland. Located west-southwest of Reykjavík, the island of Eldey covers an area of about 3 hectares, and rises to a height of 77 metres.
- Nature reserve
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (250 feet)
- Description: island in Iceland
- Also known as“Eld”“Melsaekken”
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Latitude
63.74094° or 63° 44′ 27″ north
Longitude
-22.95772° or 22° 57′ 28″ west
Open location code
99MVP2RR+9W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Eldey” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Eldey”
- Azerbaijani: “Eldey”
- Basque: “Eldey”
- Catalan: “Eldey”
- Chinese: “埃尔德岛”
- Chinese: “埃尔德岩”
- Chinese: “埃爾德岩”
- Croatian: “Eldey”
- Danish: “Eldey”
- Dutch: “Eldey”
- Esperanto: “Eldey”
- Finnish: “Eldey”
- French: “Eldey”
- German: “Eldey”
- Hausa: “Eldey”
- Icelandic: “Eldey”
- Indonesian: “Eldey”
- Italian: “Eldey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eldey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eldey”
- Norwegian: “Eldey”
- Polish: “Eldey”
- Portuguese: “Eldey”
- Romanian: “Eldey”
- Russian: “Эльдей”
- Spanish: “Eldey”
- Swedish: “Eldey”
- Turkish: “Eldey”
- Ukrainian: “Елдей”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eldey and Reykjanes/Svartsengi volcanic system.
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