Blanda
The Blanda is a river in Iceland which flows northwards from the northwest side of the Hofsjökull glacier into Húnaflói bay at Blönduós. The Blanda is one of the longest rivers in the country, with a length of about 125 km, and has a catchment area estimated at 2370 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Blönduós Airport.
Blönduós Airport
Aerodrome
Blönduós Airport is an airport serving Blönduós, Iceland. There are no scheduled flights. It is occasionally used for air ambulances. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Akureyri Airport, 148 km from Blönduós.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blonduos.
Blonduos
Town
Photo: Yvonne Lin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blönduós is a town and former municipality in the north of Iceland with a population of 895 in 2018. Like many towns and villages around Iceland, Blönduós did not emerge as a village until the late 19th century.
Blanda
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Iceland
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Northwest, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Blanda” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Blanda”
- Basque: “Blanda”
- Belarusian: “Бланда”
- Belarusian: “Блянда”
- Belarusian: “Рака Бланда”
- Bulgarian: “Бланда”
- Cebuano: “Blanda”
- Chinese: “布兰德河”
- Chinese: “布蘭德河”
- Chuvash: “Бланда”
- Czech: “Blanda”
- Dutch: “Blanda”
- French: “Blanda”
- Georgian: “ბლანდა”
- German: “Blanda”
- Hungarian: “Blanda”
- Icelandic: “Blanda”
- Irish: “Blanda”
- Italian: “Blandá”
- Japanese: “ブランダ”
- Japanese: “ブランダ川”
- Lithuanian: “Blanda”
- Nauru: “Blanda”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Blanda”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blanda”
- Norwegian: “Blanda”
- Polish: “Blanda”
- Portuguese: “Blanda”
- Russian: “Бланда”
- Russian: “Бландау”
- Spanish: “Blanda”
- Spanish: “Rio Blanda”
- Spanish: “Río Blanda”
- Swedish: “Blanda”
- Swedish: “Blandá”
- Ukrainian: “Бланда”
- Venetian: “Fiume Blanda”
- “Blanda”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blanda”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.