Bolungarvik
Bolungarvík is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately 14 km from the town of Ísafjörður and 473 km from the capital city Reykjavík.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 978 residents
- Description: town in Westfjords, Iceland
- Also known as: “Bolungarvík” and “Bolungavík”
- Postal code: 415
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ósvör Maritime Museum and Ernir.
Ósvör Maritime Museum
Museum
The Ósvör Maritime Museum is a museum in Bolungarvík, Westfjords, Iceland.
Ernir
Peak
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ernir is a peak, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Bolungarvik.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hnífsdalur.
Hnífsdalur
Village
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hnífsdalur is a small village in the municipality of Ísafjarðarbær, located between Bolungarvík and Ísafjörður. The literal meaning of the name is "Knife's Valley". Hnífsdalur is situated 8 km southeast of Bolungarvik.
Bolungarvik
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður, Westfjords, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
66.15755° or 66° 9′ 27″ northLongitude
-23.25073° or 23° 15′ 3″ westPopulation
978United Nations Location Code
IS BOLOpen location code
99RR5P5X+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 256613036OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3418112Wikidata ID
Q891664
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Volapük—“Bolungarvik” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Bolungarvík”
- Asturian: “Bolungarvík”
- Basque: “Bolungarvík”
- Catalan: “Bolungarvík”
- Cebuano: “Bolungarvík”
- Chinese: “博隆加维克”
- Czech: “Bolungarvík”
- Danish: “Bolungarvik”
- Danish: “Bolungarvík”
- Dutch: “Bolungarvik”
- Dutch: “Bolungarvík”
- Esperanto: “Bolungarvík”
- Faroese: “Bolungarvík”
- Finnish: “Bolungarvík”
- French: “Bolungarvik”
- French: “Bolungarvík”
- Georgian: “ბოლუნგავიკი”
- Georgian: “ბოლუნგარვიკი”
- German: “Bolungarvik”
- German: “Bolungarvík”
- Hungarian: “Bolungarvík”
- Icelandic: “Bolunarvíkur”
- Icelandic: “Bolungarvík”
- Indonesian: “Bolungarvík”
- Irish: “Bolungarvík”
- Italian: “Bolungarvik”
- Italian: “Bolungarvík”
- Japanese: “ボールンガルヴィーク”
- Japanese: “ボルンガルヴィーク”
- Korean: “볼룽가르비크”
- Lithuanian: “Bolungarvikas”
- Moksha: “Болунгарвик”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolungarvik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bolungarvík”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bolungarvik”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bolungarvík”
- Norwegian: “Bolungarvík”
- Ossetian: “Болунгарвик”
- Persian: “بولونگارویک”
- Polish: “Bolungarvik”
- Polish: “Bolungarvík”
- Portuguese: “Bolungarvík”
- Russian: “Болунгарвик”
- Spanish: “Bolungarvik”
- Spanish: “Bolungarvík”
- Swedish: “Bolungarvík”
- Turkish: “Bolungarvík”
- Uzbek: “Bolungarvík”
- Volapük: “Bolungarvík”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Félagsheimili Bolungarvíkur and Bókasafn Bolungarvíkur.
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