Apavatn
Apavatn is a lake in southwest Iceland. With a surface area of around 13 km2 it is much larger than the neighbouring lake of Laugarvatn, which lies to the north of Apavatn. Apavatn is renowned for its good fishing, especially trout.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in southern Iceland
- Also known as: “Apa Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laugarvatn and Skálholt.
Laugarvatn
Village
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Laugarvatn is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Apavatn.
Skálholt
Locality
Photo: Salvor, Public domain.
Skálholt is a historical site in the south of Iceland, at the river Hvítá. Skálholt is situated 8 km southeast of Apavatn.
Apavatn
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Venetian—“Apavatn” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Апаватн”
- Chinese: “阿帕湖”
- Chuvash: “Апаватн”
- Dutch: “Apavatn”
- Esperanto: “Apavatn”
- French: “Apavatn”
- Georgian: “აპავატნი”
- German: “Apavatn”
- Icelandic: “Apavatn”
- Italian: “Apavatn”
- Japanese: “アパヴァトン湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Apavatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Apavatn”
- Norwegian: “Apavatn”
- Ossetian: “Апаватн”
- Polish: “Apavatn”
- Portuguese: “Lago Apavatn”
- Russian: “Апаватн”
- Swedish: “Apavatn”
- Turkish: “Apavatn”
- Ukrainian: “Апаватн”
- Venetian: “Apavatn”
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