Hvalfjörður Tunnel
The Hvalfjörður Tunnel is a subsea road tunnel under the Hvalfjörður fjord in Iceland and a part of Route 1. It is 5,770 meters long and reaches a depth of 165 meters below sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Road tunnel
- Description: road tunnel in Iceland
- Also known as: “Hvalfjardargoeng”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grundarhverfi and Grundartangi.
Grundarhverfi
Village
Kjalarnes is the least populous district in the municipality of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, with a population of around 600 inhabitants. Grundarhverfi is situated 5 km south of Hvalfjörður Tunnel.
Grundartangi
Locality
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grundartangi is a locality, which is situated 9 km north of Hvalfjörður Tunnel.
Hvalfjörður Tunnel
- Categories: road tunnel and transportation
- Location: Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Welsh—“Hvalfjörður Tunnel” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Hvalfjörður”
- Danish: “Hvalfjörður Tunnel”
- Dutch: “Hvalfjardargong”
- Dutch: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- French: “Tunnel de Hvalfjordur”
- French: “tunnel du Hvalfjörður”
- French: “Tunnel du Hvalfjörður”
- Galician: “Túnel de Hvalfjörður”
- German: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- Hungarian: “Hvalfjörður alagút”
- Hungarian: “Hvalfjörður-alagút”
- Icelandic: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- Icelandic: “Hvalfjarðargöngin”
- Icelandic: “Spölur ehf.”
- Icelandic: “Spölur ehf”
- Indonesian: “Terowongan Hvalfjörður”
- Italian: “Galleria di Hvalfjörður”
- Italian: “Tunnel di Hvalfjörður”
- Japanese: “クヴァールフィヨルズル・トンネル”
- Latin: “Cuniculus Hvalfjordensis”
- Latin: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvalfjordtunnelen”
- Norwegian: “Hvalfjordtunnelen”
- Polish: “Tunel Hvalfjörður”
- Russian: “Хвальфьярдаргёйнг”
- Slovenian: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- Spanish: “Túnel de Hvalfjörður”
- Swedish: “Halvfjördur-tunneln”
- Swedish: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
- Swedish: “Hvalfjördur-tunneln”
- Swedish: “Hvalfjörður-tunneln”
- Swedish: “Hvalfjörðurtunneln”
- Ukrainian: “Гвальфіордський тунель”
- Welsh: “Twnnel Hvalfjörður”
Localities in the Area
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