Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter
Reykjanesviti is Iceland's oldest lighthouse, located at Reykjanestá. It serves as a landfall light for Reykjavík and Keflavík.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in Iceland
- Also known as: “Reykjanes Lighthouse” and “Reykjanesviti”
- Address: Reykjanes-aðalviti, 233
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gunnuhver and Reykjanes power station.
Gunnuhver
Spring
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Gunnuhver is an active geothermal area of hot springs, mud pools and fumaroles on the southwestern tip of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. It lies within the Reykjanes UNESCO Global Geopark and close to the Reykjanesviti lighthouse.
Reykjanes power station
Power station
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
The Reykjanes power station is a geothermal power station located in Reykjanes at the south-western tip of Iceland. As of 2012, the power plant generated 100MWe from two high pressure 50MWe turbines, using steam and brine from a reservoir at 290 to 320 °C, which is extracted from 12 wells that are 2,700 m deep. Reykjanes power station is situated 1½ km northeast of Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter.
Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter
- Category: lighthouse
- Location: Reykjanesbær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.81561° or 63° 48′ 56″ northLongitude
-22.70435° or 22° 42′ 16″ westElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Inception
1908Open location code
99MVR78W+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 295383925OpenStreetMap feature
building=serviceOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Polish—“Reykjanes DGPS-Transmitter” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Far de Reykjanesviti”
- Catalan: “Reykjanesviti”
- Danish: “Reykjanesviti”
- Dutch: “Reykjanesviti”
- French: “phare de Reykjanes”
- French: “Phare de Reykjanes”
- German: “Leuchtturm Reykjanestá”
- Icelandic: “Reykjanesviti”
- Ossetian: “Рейкьянесвити”
- Polish: “Reykjanesviti”
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