Hvalfjörður Tunnel

The Hvalfjörður Tunnel is a subsea road tunnel under the Hvalfjörður fjord in and a part of Route 1. It is 5,770 meters long and reaches a depth of 165 meters below sea level.
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  • Type: Road tunnel
  • Description: road tunnel in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Halvfjördur-tunneln”, “Hvalfjardargoeng”, “Hvalfjardargong”, “Hvalfjarðargöngin”, “Hvalfjördur-tunneln”, “Hvalfjörður-tunneln”, “Spölur ehf”, “Spölur ehf.”, and “Tunnel de Hvalfjordur”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grundarhverfi and Grundartangi.

Village
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Kjalarnes is the least populous district in the… is situated 5 km south of Hvalfjörður Tunnel.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 9 km north of Hvalfjörður Tunnel.

Hvalfjörður Tunnel

Latitude
64.28522° or 64° 17′ 7″ north
Longitude
-21.83945° or 21° 50′ 22″ west
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
99PW75P6+36
Geo­Names ID
8643895
Wiki­data ID
Q593029
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Welsh—“Hvalfjörður Tunnel” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Hvalfjörður”
  • Danish: “Hvalfjörður Tunnel”
  • Dutch: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
  • French: “tunnel du Hvalfjörður”
  • French: “Tunnel du Hvalfjörður”
  • Galician: “Túnel de Hvalfjörður”
  • German: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
  • Hebrew: “מנהרת קוואלפיירד’ור”
  • Hungarian: “Hvalfjörður alagút”
  • Hungarian: “Hvalfjörður-alagút”
  • Icelandic: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
  • 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”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvalfjordtunnelen”
  • Norwegian: “Hvalfjordtunnelen”
  • Polish: “Tunel Hvalfjörður”
  • Russian: “Хвальфьярдаргёйнг”
  • Slovenian: “Hvalfjarðargöng”
  • Spanish: “Túnel de Hvalfjörður”
  • Swedish: “Hvalfjörðurtunneln”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвальфіордський тунель”
  • Welsh: “Twnnel Hvalfjörður”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Kjalarnes and Brimnes.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Saurbær and Hjarðarnes.

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