Fjaðrárgljúfur

Fjaðrárgljúfur is a canyon in south east . The Fjaðrá river flows through it. The canyon has steep walls and winding water. It is up to 100 m deep and about 2 kilometres long.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkjubæjarklaustur.

Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, often called Klaustur is a village in . With a population of around 160, it is the closest thing to an urban area within a vast municipality called Skaftárhreppur, and it's the only proper service centre on the almost 300km stretch of the ring road between Vík and .

Fjaðrárgljúfur

Latitude
63.7726° or 63° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
-18.17372° or 18° 10′ 25″ west
Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
9CM3QRFG+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1784678783
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10400312
Wiki­data ID
Q956845
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Fjaðrárgljúfur” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Cebuano: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Chinese: “羽毛河大峽谷”
  • Chinese: “菲亚德拉峡谷”
  • Czech: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Dutch: “Fjadra”
  • Dutch: “Fjaðrá”
  • Dutch: “Fjadrargljufur”
  • Dutch: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • French: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • German: “Fjadrargljufur”
  • German: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Hebrew: “פיאד’ראורקלובור”
  • Icelandic: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Italian: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Latvian: “Fjādraurgljūfirs”
  • Low German: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Polish: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Portuguese: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Spanish: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”
  • Swedish: “Fjaðrárgljúfur”

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