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Skarfasker

Skarfasker is in , . Skarfasker is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Hofdi house and Imagine Peace Tower.

Museum
Photo: Laurentgauthier, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Höfði is a house in , , built in 1909, and best known as the location for the 1986 Reykjavík Summit meeting of President Ronald Reagan of the United States and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union.

Memorial
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
The is a memorial to John Lennon from his widow, Yoko Ono, located on Viðey Island in Kollafjörður Bay near , . Installed in 2007, it consists of a tall tower of light, projected from a white stone monument that has the words "Imagine Peace" carved into it in 24 languages.

Sports venue
is a public thermal baths and swimming pool complex located in the Laugardalur district of 's capital . With an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool, a 50-metre-long outdoor swimming pool, a 400 m steam bath, it is the largest conventional swimming pool complex in 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 8 km south of Skarfasker.

Skarfasker

Latitude
64.15806° or 64° 9′ 29″ north
Longitude
-21.87944° or 21° 52′ 46″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
99PW545C+66
Geo­Names ID
3425305
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In Other Languages

“Skarfasker” goes by many names.
  • Icelandic: “Skarfasker”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pálsflaga and Skarfaklettur.

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