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Grimsey

Grímsey is a small island, 40 kilometres off the north coast of the main island of Iceland, where it straddles the Arctic Circle. Grímsey is also known for the puffins and other sea birds which visit the island for breeding.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 52 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Grímsey”
  • Postal code: 611

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grímsey Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
is an serving Grímsey, a small island 40 kilometres off the north coast of the main island of Iceland.

Grimsey

Latitude
66.5396° or 66° 32′ 23″ north
Longitude
-18.01533° or 18° 0′ 55″ west
Population
52
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS GRY
Open location code
9CR3GXQM+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2916736315
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
8643913
Wiki­data ID
Q213707
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Grimsey” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Grímsey”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qrimsey adası”
  • Basque: “Grímsey”
  • Catalan: “Grimsey”
  • Catalan: “Grímsey”
  • Cebuano: “Grímsey”
  • Chinese: “格里姆塞岛”
  • Chinese: “格里姆塞島”
  • Croatian: “Grímsey”
  • Czech: “Grímsey”
  • Danish: “Grímsey”
  • Dutch: “Grimsey”
  • Dutch: “Grímsey”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جريمسى”
  • Esperanto: “Grímsey”
  • Estonian: “Grimsey”
  • Estonian: “Grímsey”
  • Finnish: “Grimsey”
  • Finnish: “Grímsey”
  • French: “Grimsey”
  • French: “Grímsey”
  • French: “Île de Grimsey”
  • Galician: “Grímsey”
  • German: “Grimsey”
  • German: “Grímsey”
  • German: “Grímseyjarhreppur”
  • Greek: “Γκρίμσεϊ”
  • Hungarian: “Grímsey”
  • Icelandic: “Grímsey”
  • Icelandic: “Grímseyjar”
  • Icelandic: “Grímseyjarhreppur”
  • Irish: “Grímsey”
  • Italian: “Grimsey (isola)”
  • Italian: “Grimsey (Isola)”
  • Italian: “Grímsey (Isola)”
  • Italian: “Grimsey”
  • Italian: “Grímsey”
  • Japanese: “グリームスエイ”
  • Japanese: “グリムジー島”
  • Japanese: “グリムスエイ”
  • Japanese: “グリムセイ”
  • Japanese: “グリムセイ島”
  • Korean: “그림세이”
  • Lithuanian: “Grimsėjus”
  • Manx: “Grímsey”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grímsey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grimsey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grímsey”
  • Norwegian: “Grímsey”
  • Polish: “Grimsey”
  • Polish: “Grímsey”
  • Portuguese: “Grímsey”
  • Russian: “Гримсё”
  • Russian: “Гримсей”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Grímsey”
  • Sicilian: “Grímsey”
  • Spanish: “Grimsey”
  • Spanish: “Grímsey”
  • Swedish: “Grimsey”
  • Swedish: “Grímsey”
  • Turkish: “Grímsey”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґрімсей”
  • Vietnamese: “Grímsey”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hafnarsvæði and Sundlaugin í Grímsey.

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