Iceland
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Bjargtangar

Bjargtangar is the westernmost point of and is considered the westernmost point of outside the mid-Atlantic archipelago of . It is the westernmost point in the Greenwich Mean Time time zone.
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Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: cape in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Bjargtanga”, “Staalbierg Huk”, and “Stallberg Huk”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Staalbierg Huk Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: TommyBee, Public domain.
The Bjargtangar Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the cliffs of in northwestern . It marks the westernmost point of Iceland and is the westernmost building of Europe.

Bjargtangar

Latitude
65.50272° or 65° 30′ 10″ north
Longitude
-24.53172° or 24° 31′ 54″ west
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
99QQGF39+38
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9855724678
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
3418197
Wiki­data ID
Q879329
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Bjargtangar” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Бяргтангар”
  • Cebuano: “Bjargtangar”
  • Chinese: “比亚尔格角”
  • Chinese: “比亞爾格角”
  • Czech: “Bjargtangar”
  • Czech: “mys Bjargtangar”
  • Dutch: “Bjargtangar”
  • French: “Bjargtangar”
  • German: “Bjargtangar”
  • Icelandic: “Bjargtangar”
  • Japanese: “ビヤルクタンガール”
  • Japanese: “ビャルク岬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjargtangar”
  • Polish: “Bjargtangar”
  • Portuguese: “Bjargtangar”
  • Romanian: “Bjargtangar”
  • Russian: “Бьяргтаунгар”
  • Swedish: “Bjargtangar”
  • Swedish: “Bjartangar”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Bjargtangar”. Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.