Hjálparfoss
Hjálparfoss is one of several waterfalls in the south of Iceland situated in the lava fields north of the stratovolcano Hekla near the point where the rivers Fossá and Þjórsá join.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Also known as: “Hjalparfoss”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Búrfell hydroelectric power station.
Búrfell hydroelectric power station
Industrial building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Búrfell hydroelectric power plant is a run-of-river hydroelectric power plant located in the Þjórsá valley in southwest Iceland. It is operated by Landsvirkjun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Þjórsárdalur.
Þjórsárdalur
Locality
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.
Þjórsárdalur is a valley in Árnessýsla county in Iceland that lies between the mountain Búrfell, alongside the river Þjórsá to the east and the mountain Skriðufell to the west. Þjórsárdalur is situated 2½ km southwest of Hjálparfoss.
Hjálparfoss
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.11587° or 64° 6′ 57″ northLongitude
-19.84978° or 19° 50′ 59″ westElevation
138 metres (453 feet)Open location code
9CP24582+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 281303304OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Hjálparfoss” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hjálparfoss”
- Cebuano: “Hjalparfoss”
- Dutch: “Hjalparfoss”
- Dutch: “Hjálparfoss”
- French: “Hjálparfoss”
- German: “Hjalparfoss”
- German: “Hjálparfoss”
- Icelandic: “Hjálparfoss”
- Indonesian: “Hjálparfoss”
- Italian: “Hjálparfoss”
- Polish: “Hjálparfoss”
- Russian: “Хьяулпарфосс”
- Russian: “Хьяульпарфосс”
- Spanish: “Hjalparfoss”
- Spanish: “Hjálparfoss”
- Swedish: “Hjálparfoss”
- Western Panjabi: “ہفراگلسفوس چھمبر”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hjálparfoss and Þjóðveldisbærinn.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hjálparfoss”. Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.