Grimsey
Grímsey is a small Icelandic 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.
- Type: Hamlet with 47 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Grímsey”, “Grimsey (isola)”, “Grimsey (Isola)”, “Grímsey (Isola)”, “Grímseyjarhreppur”, “Île de Grimsey”, “Гримсё”, “グリームスエイ”, “グリムジー島”, “グリムスエイ”, and “グリムセイ”
- Postal code: 611
Places of Interest
Highlights: Grímsey Airport.
Grimsey
- Categories: human settlement, island, Álagablettur, and locality
- Location: Akureyri, Northeast, North Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
66.5396° or 66° 32′ 23″ north
Longitude
-18.01533° or 18° 0′ 55″ west
Population
47
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IS GRY
Open location code
9CR3GXQM+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Grimsey” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Grímsey”
- Azerbaijani: “Qrimsey adası”
- Basque: “Grímsey”
- Belarusian: “Грымсей”
- Catalan: “Grímsey”
- Cebuano: “Grímsey”
- Chinese: “格里姆塞岛”
- Chinese: “格里姆塞島”
- Croatian: “Grímsey”
- Czech: “Grímsey”
- Danish: “Grímsey”
- Dutch: “Grímsey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جريمسى”
- Esperanto: “Grímsey”
- Estonian: “Grímsey”
- Finnish: “Grímsey”
- French: “Grímsey”
- Galician: “Grímsey”
- German: “Grímsey”
- Greek: “Γκρίμσεϊ”
- Hebrew: “גרימסיי”
- Hungarian: “Grímsey”
- Icelandic: “Grímsey”
- Icelandic: “Grímseyjar”
- Irish: “Grímsey”
- Italian: “Grímsey”
- Japanese: “グリムセイ島”
- Korean: “그림세이”
- Lithuanian: “Grimsėjus”
- Manx: “Grímsey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grímsey”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grímsey”
- Norwegian: “Grímsey”
- Polish: “Grímsey”
- Portuguese: “Grímsey”
- Russian: “Гримсей”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Grímsey”
- Sicilian: “Grímsey”
- Spanish: “Grímsey”
- Swedish: “Grímsey”
- Turkish: “Grímsey”
- Ukrainian: “Ґрімсей”
- Urdu: “گریمسی”
- Vietnamese: “Grímsey”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hvalvík and Trjávík.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hafnarsvæði and Sundlaugin í Grímsey.
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