Southern Peninsula

Southern Peninsula is an administrative unit and part of Reykjanesskagi, or Reykjanes Peninsula, a region in southwest . It was named after , the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi.
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  • Type: region of Iceland with 27,800 residents
  • Description: region in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Reykjanes”, “Southern Peninsula Region”, “Sudhurnes”, “アイスランド南部半島地方”, and “レイキャネース地方”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Litli-Hrútur and Stóri-Hrútur.

Peak
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Fagradalsfjall is an active tuya volcano formed in the…

Peak
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is a peak, which is situated 3½ km south of Southern Peninsula.

Southern Peninsula

Latitude
63.9167° or 63° 55′ north
Longitude
-22.25° or 22° 15′ west
Population
27,800
Elevation
236 metres (774 feet)
Open location code
99MVWQ82+M2
Geo­Names ID
3426183
Wiki­data ID
Q212768
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Southern Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Suðurnes”
  • Albanian: “Gadishulli Jugor”
  • Amharic: “ደቡብ ሰሌዳ”
  • Arabic: “شبه الجزيرة الجنوبية”
  • Armenian: “Սուդուրնես”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub Yarımadası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sudurnes”
  • Azerbaijani: “Südürnes”
  • Basque: “Suðurnes”
  • Belarusian: “Судурнэс”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ উপদ্বীপ”
  • Bengali: “সাউদার্ন পেনিনসোলা অঞ্চল”
  • Breton: “Suðurnes”
  • Catalan: “Suðurnes”
  • Cebuano: “Suðurnes”
  • Chinese: “南半岛区”
  • Chinese: “南半島區”
  • Czech: “Suðurnes”
  • Danish: “Suðurnes”
  • Dutch: “Suðurnes”
  • Esperanto: “Sudduoninsulo”
  • Esperanto: “Suðurnes”
  • Estonian: “Suðurnes”
  • Finnish: “Suðurnes”
  • French: “Péninsule méridionale”
  • French: “Suðurnes”
  • Galician: “Suðurnes”
  • Georgian: “სუდურნესი”
  • German: “Südliche Halbinsel”
  • German: “Suðurnes”
  • Greek: “Νότια Χερσόνησος”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણી પેનિનસુલા પ્રદેશ”
  • Hausa: “Kudu Peninsula”
  • Hebrew: “סוד’ורנס”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणी प्रायद्वीप क्षेत्र”
  • Hungarian: “Déli-félszigeti régió”
  • Icelandic: “Suðurnes”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Semenanjung Selatan”
  • Indonesian: “Semenanjung Reykjanes”
  • Irish: “Suðurnes”
  • Italian: “Penisola meridionale”
  • Italian: “Suðurnes”
  • Japanese: “南西アイスランド”
  • Japanese: “南部半島”
  • Javanese: “Semenanjung Kidul”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಪೆನಿನ್ಸುಲಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Kazakh: “Оңтүстік түбек”
  • Kirghiz: “Түштүк Түбек”
  • Korean: “쉬뒤르네스”
  • Latin: “Suðurnes”
  • Latvian: “Dienvidu pussala”
  • Lithuanian: “Sudurnesas”
  • Low German: “Suðurnes”
  • Macedonian: “Јужен Полуостров”
  • Malay: “Daerah Selatan Semenanjung, Iceland”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Selatan”
  • Marathi: “सौथर्न पेनीनसुला प्रदेश”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Suðurnes”
  • Northern Frisian: “Suðurnes”
  • Northern Sami: “Suðurnes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Suðurnes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Suðurnes”
  • Norwegian: “Suðurnes”
  • Oromo: “Gara Kibbaa”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਪ੍ਰਾਇਦੀਪ”
  • Persian: “سودورنس”
  • Persian: “شبه جزیره جنوبی”
  • Persian: “شبه‌جزیره جنوبی ایسلند”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Reykjanes”
  • Polish: “Suðurnes”
  • Portuguese: “Península Austral ou Sudoeste”
  • Portuguese: “Península Sul”
  • Portuguese: “Suðurnes”
  • Pushto: “جنوبي ټاپو”
  • Pushto: “سودورنس”
  • Russian: “Сюдюрнес”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Suðurnes”
  • Serbian: “Sidirnes”
  • Serbian: “Сидирнес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Suðurnes”
  • Sinhala: “දකුණු පෙනින්සුලා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Južni polotok”
  • Somali: “Koonfur Galbeed”
  • Spanish: “Región Suðurnes”
  • Spanish: “Suðurnes”
  • Spanish: “Suroccidental”
  • Swahili: “Nusu Kisiwa ya Kusini”
  • Swedish: “Södra halvön”
  • Swedish: “Suðurnes”
  • Tajik: “Ниманум‌ҷазираи Ҷануб”
  • Tamil: “தெற்கு பெனின்சுலா பகுதி”
  • Tatar: “Көньяк Ярымутравы”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణ పెనిన్సులా ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตคาบสมุทรเหนือ(ไอซ์แลนด์)”
  • Turkish: “Güney Yarımada”
  • Turkish: “Reykjanes Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Судурнес”
  • Urdu: “جنوبی جزیرہ نما”
  • Uzbek: “Janubi Yarim Orol”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Phía Nam Peninsula”
  • Vlaams: “Suðurnes”
  • Welsh: “Reykjanesskagi”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی جزیرہ نما (آئس لینڈ)”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنوبی جزیرہ نما”
  • Wu Chinese: “西南区 (冰岛)”
  • Wu Chinese: “西南区（冰岛）”

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Places to explore: Svartsengi and Vogar.

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Highlights: Fagradals-Vatnsfell and Fagradals-Hagafell.

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