East Iceland
Eastern Region is a region in eastern Iceland. Its area is 15,706 square kilometres and in 2024 its population was 11,085. The Eastern Region has a jagged coastline of fjords, referred to as the Eastfjords.Photo: Debivort, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Vatnajökull National Park and Egilsstaðir.
Vatnajökull National Park
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Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland is the second largest national park in Europe and a natural world heritage site. The park was founded on 7 June 2008 and includes the former Skaftafell and Jökulsárgljúfur National Parks.
Egilsstaðir
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Egilsstaðir is the unofficial capital of East Iceland. Its population is 2332. It lies on the banks of the Lagarfljót river.
Seyðisfjörður
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Seyðisfjörður is a town in the Eastern Region of Iceland at the innermost point of the fjord of the same name. The town is located in the municipality of Múlaþing and is notable for its artistic culture and innovation, exemplified by the LungA Art Festival and LungA School, as well as a vibrant community of local artists, galleries, and cultural events.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Höfn.
Höfn
Höfn (pronounced something like "herpn", also known as Höfn í Hornafirði, is a town in East Iceland, at the south-eastern corner of the country. Höfn sits by the lagoon Hornafjörður which is also the name of the large municipality of which the town is the centre and which covers the entire area of the county Austur-Skaftafellssýsla.
East Iceland
- Type: region of Iceland with 13,200 residents
- Description: region in Iceland
- Also known as: “Austurland”, “East”, and “Eastern Region”
- Neighbors: South Iceland
- Location: Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“East Iceland” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Rajoni Lindor”
- Amharic: “ምስራቅ”
- Arabic: “الإقليم الشرقي”
- Armenian: “Էյստյուրլանդ”
- Asturian: “Austurland”
- Azerbaijani: “Eystürland”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərq”
- Basque: “Austfirðir”
- Basque: “Austurland”
- Belarusian: “Эйсцюрланд”
- Belarusian: “Эйсьцюрлянд”
- Bengali: “ইস্টার্ন অঞ্চল”
- Bengali: “পূর্ব”
- Breton: “Austurland”
- Bulgarian: “Аустурланд”
- Catalan: “Austurland”
- Cebuano: “Austurland”
- Chinese: “Austurland”
- Chinese: “东部区”
- Chinese: “東部區”
- Czech: “Austurland”
- Danish: “Austurland”
- Danish: “Østlandet”
- Dutch: “Austurland”
- Esperanto: “Austurland”
- Esperanto: “Orienta lando”
- Estonian: “Austurland”
- Faroese: “Eysturland”
- Finnish: “Austurland”
- French: “Austurland”
- French: “Est”
- Galician: “Austurland”
- Georgian: “აუსტურლანდი”
- Georgian: “აუსტურლენდი”
- German: “Austurland”
- German: “Osten”
- Greek: “Ανατολική Ισλανδία”
- Gujarati: “પૂર્વીય પ્રદેશ”
- Hausa: “Gabas”
- Hebrew: “אוסטורלנד”
- Hebrew: “מזרח איסלנד”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Keleti régió (Izland)”
- Hungarian: “Keleti régió”
- Icelandic: “Austurland”
- Indonesian: “Austurland”
- Indonesian: “Region Timur”
- Irish: “Austurland”
- Italian: “Austurland”
- Italian: “Est”
- Japanese: “アイスランド東部地方”
- Japanese: “イースタン州”
- Japanese: “東”
- Japanese: “東アイスランド”
- Javanese: “Wétan”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Шығыс”
- Kirghiz: “Чыгыш”
- Korean: “동부 주”
- Korean: “외이스튀를란드”
- Latin: “Austurland”
- Latvian: “Austrumu reģions”
- Lithuanian: “Austurland”
- Lithuanian: “Austurlandas”
- Low German: “Austurland”
- Macedonian: “Источен регион”
- Macedonian: “Источен Регион”
- Malay: “Eastern Region”
- Malay: “Timur”
- Marathi: “इस्टर्न प्रदेश”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Austurland”
- Moksha: “Эйстурланд”
- Northern Frisian: “Austurland”
- Northern Sami: “Austurland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Austurland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Østlandet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Austurland”
- Norwegian: “Austurland”
- Oromo: “Baha”
- Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬ”
- Persian: “آستورلاند”
- Persian: “شرق”
- Persian: “منطقه شرقی ایسلند”
- Polish: “Austurland”
- Polish: “Okręg Wschodni”
- Portuguese: “Austurland”
- Portuguese: “Leste”
- Portuguese: “Região Leste”
- Pushto: “استورلند”
- Pushto: “ختيځ”
- Russian: “Ёйстурланд”
- Russian: “Эйстюрланд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Austurland”
- Serbian: “Ejstirtland”
- Serbian: “Ејстиртланд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Austurland”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Islandija”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna regija”
- Somali: “Bari”
- Spanish: “Austurland”
- Spanish: “Oriental”
- Spanish: “Región Austurland”
- Swahili: “Mashariki”
- Swedish: “Austurland”
- Swedish: “Öst”
- Swedish: “Östlandet”
- Tajik: “Шарқ”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Чыгыш”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “อัสเตอร์แลนด์”
- Turkish: “Austurland”
- Turkish: “Doğu Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Doğu İzlanda”
- Ukrainian: “Аустурланд”
- Ukrainian: “Аустюрланд”
- Urdu: “مشرقی ریجن”
- Urdu: “مشرقی علاقہ”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Eastern”
- Welsh: “Austurland”
- Welsh: “Rhanbarth y Dwyrain”
- Wu Chinese: “东部区 (冰岛)”
- Wu Chinese: “东部区（冰岛）”
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