Portland Lighthouse
The Dyrhólaey Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the central south coast of Iceland. Access is restricted and requires permission.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Milan Nykodym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: lighthouse in Iceland
- Also known as: “Dyrholaey lighthouse”, “Dyrholaey Lighthouse”, “Dyrhólaey lighthouse”, “Dyrhólaey Lighthouse”, “Dyrhólaeyjarviti”, and “Dyrhólaviti”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Portland.
Cape Portland
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 dk.
Dyrhólaey, formerly known by seamen as Cape Portland, is a small promontory located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the Icelandic word eyja meaning island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vík í Mýrdal.
Vík í Mýrdal
Photo: Jerzystrzelecki, CC BY 3.0.
Vík í Mýrdal, also known as Vík, is a village in South Iceland. The area is dominated by Mýrdalsjökull, the glacier which is home to Katla, one of Iceland's fiercest volcanoes.
Portland Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse, building, and tourism
- Location: Mýrdalshreppur, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.40225° or 63° 24′ 8″ northLongitude
-19.13055° or 19° 7′ 50″ westOpen location code
9CM2CV29+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 707603398OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11610995Wikidata ID
Q3378211
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Portland Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dyrhólaey itsasargia”
- French: “phare de Dyrhólaey”
- French: “Phare de Dyrhólaey”
- French: “Phare Dyrhólaey”
- German: “Dyrhólaey”
- German: “Leuchtturm Dyrholaey”
- German: “Leuchtturm Dyrhólaey”
- Hebrew: “מגדלור דירהוליי”
- Icelandic: “Dyrhólaviti”
- Spanish: “Faro Dyrholaey”
- Spanish: “Faro Dyrhólaey”
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Explore places such as Common birds in the Dyrhólaey Nature Reserve and Dyrholaey Parking.
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