Akurey

Akurey is a small, uninhabited near the coast of . The earliest sources on the island are from 1379 when it belonged to the Víkurkirkja.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Akrey” and “Akurey í Kollafirði”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Icelandic Phallological Museum and Harpa.

Museum
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, located in , Iceland, houses the world's largest display of penises and penile parts. It holds over 300 penises from more than 100 species of mammals.

Theater building
Photo: Richard Eriksson, CC BY 2.0.
is a concert hall and conference centre in , Iceland. The opening concert was held on 4 May 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass façade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.

Library
Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Landsbókasafn Íslands – Háskólabókasafn is the national library of which also functions as the university library of the University of Iceland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reykjavík and Kópavogur.

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is the capital of and largest city in and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.

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is a town in that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Town
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Garðabær is a town and municipality in the of . is situated 10 km south of Akurey.

Akurey

Latitude
64.17115° or 64° 10′ 16″ north
Longitude
-21.96553° or 21° 57′ 56″ west
Open location code
99PW52CM+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 698797664
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Geo­Names ID
3418647
Wiki­data ID
Q423817
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Akurey” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Акурей”
  • Cebuano: “Akurey”
  • Chinese: “阿克雷島”
  • Danish: “Akurey”
  • Dutch: “Akurey”
  • German: “Akurey”
  • Icelandic: “Akurey (Kollafirði)”
  • Icelandic: “Akurey (Reykjavík)”
  • Icelandic: “Akurey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Akurey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akurey”
  • Polish: “Akurey”
  • Russian: “Акюрей”
  • Spanish: “Akurey”
  • Swedish: “Akurey”
  • Turkish: “Akurey”

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