Akranes
Akranes is a port town in the municipality of Akraneskaupstaður on the west coast of Iceland, around 50 km north of the capital Reykjavík. The area where Akranes is located was settled in the 9th century; however, it did not receive a municipal charter until 1942.
- Town with about 8,290 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: town in Iceland
- Postal codes300301
Places of Interest
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Norðurálsvöllurinn
Akranesvöllur is a football stadium in Akranes, Iceland.
Grundaskóli
School
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Akranes
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Latitude
64.31708° or 64° 19′ 2″ north
Longitude
-22.08335° or 22° 5′ 0″ west
UN/LOCODE
IS AKR
Open location code
99PV8W88+RM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Akranes” goes by many names.
AkranesAlbanian
أكرانيسArabic
AkranesAragonese
AkranesAsturian
AkranesBasque
АкранэсBelarusian
АкранесBulgarian
AkranesCatalan
AkranesCebuano
AkranesChechen
AkraneskaupstaðurChechen
АкранесChechen
АкранескойпстадурChechen
阿克拉內斯Chinese
阿克拉内斯Chinese
AkranesCzech
AkraneskaupstaðurCzech
AkranesDanish
AkranesDutch
اكرانيسEgyptian Arabic
AkranesEsperanto
AkranesEstonian
SkagiEstonian
AkranesFaroese
AkraneskaupstaðurFaroese
AkranesFinnish
AkranesGalician
აკრანესიGeorgian
ΑκρανέςGreek
אקראנסHebrew
אקרנסHebrew
AkranesHungarian
AkranesIcelandic
AkranesiIcelandic
AkraneskaupstaðurIcelandic
SkaginnIcelandic
SkipaskagiIcelandic
Ytri-AkraneshreppurIcelandic
AkranesIdo
AkranesIndonesian
AkranesIrish
AkranesItalian
アークラネースJapanese
アクラネースJapanese
AkranesKalaallisut
AkranesKazakh
АкранесKazakh
اكرانەسKazakh
아크라네스Korean
AkranesKotava
AkranesLatin
AkranesLithuanian
AkranesasLithuanian
AkranesLow German
АкранесMacedonian
AkranesMalay
AkraneskaupstaðurMin Nan Chinese
აკრანესიMingrelian
АкранэсMoksha
АкранесMongolian
AkraneskaupstaðurNorthern Sami
AkranesNorwegian
AkraneskaupstaðurNorwegian
AkranesNorwegian Bokmål
AkraneskaupstaðurNorwegian Bokmål
AkranesNorwegian Nynorsk
AkraneskaupstaðurNorwegian Nynorsk
AkranesOccitan (post 1500)
АкранесOssetian
اکرانسPersian
AkranesPolish
AkranesRomanian
АкранесRussian
AkranesScottish Gaelic
AkranesSerbian
АкранесSerbian
AkranesSerbo-Croatian
AkranesSilesian
AkranesSwedish
AkraneskaupstaðurSwedish
AkranesTurkish
АкранесUkrainian
آکرانیسUrdu
AkranesUzbek
AkranesVietnamese
AkranesVolapük
AkranesWelsh
阿克拉内斯Wu Chinese
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