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Fossholl

Fossholl is a small town in , best known for the impressive horseshoe waterfall of Goðafoss.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Goðafoss” and “Godafoss Waterfall”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Fossholl

Latitude
65.6828° or 65° 40′ 58″ north
Longitude
-17.5506° or 17° 33′ 2″ west
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Height
12 metres (39 feet)
Width
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
9CQ4MCMX+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5227736663
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
2631248
Wiki­data ID
Q1137629
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Fossholl” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գոդաոս”
  • Armenian: “Գոդաֆոս”
  • Basque: “Goðafoss”
  • Catalan: “cascada dels déus”
  • Catalan: “Goðafoss”
  • Cebuano: “Goðafoss”
  • Chinese: “戈扎瀑布”
  • Chinese: “眾神瀑布”
  • Danish: “Goðafoss”
  • Danish: “Gudernes vandfald”
  • Dutch: “Godafoss”
  • Dutch: “Goðafoss”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جودافوس”
  • Esperanto: “Goðafoss”
  • French: “Godafoss”
  • French: “Goðafoss”
  • German: “Godafall”
  • German: “Godafoss”
  • German: “Goðafoss”
  • German: “Godhafoss”
  • German: “Gothafoss”
  • Hebrew: “גודאפוס”
  • Hungarian: “Goðafoss”
  • Icelandic: “Goðafoss”
  • Italian: “cascata degli dèi”
  • Italian: “Godafoss”
  • Italian: “Goðafoss”
  • Japanese: “ゴーザフォス”
  • Korean: “고다포스 폭포”
  • Korean: “고다포스”
  • Luxembourgish: “Godafoss”
  • Luxembourgish: “Goðafoss”
  • Macedonian: “Годагос”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goðafoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Godafoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Goðafoss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gudefoss”
  • Norwegian: “Goðafoss”
  • Norwegian: “Gudenes foss”
  • Ossetian: “Годафосс”
  • Ossetian: “Гудафосс”
  • Persian: “گوافوس”
  • Polish: “Goðafoss”
  • Polish: “Wodospad bogów”
  • Portuguese: “Catarata dos Deuses”
  • Portuguese: “Godafoss”
  • Portuguese: “Goðafoss”
  • Romanian: “Cascada lui Dumnezeu”
  • Romanian: “Goðafoss”
  • Russian: “Годафосс”
  • Russian: “Гудафосс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Goðafoss”
  • Spanish: “Cascada de los dioses (Godafoss)”
  • Spanish: “Goðafoss”
  • Swedish: “Godafoss”
  • Swedish: “Goðafoss”
  • Turkish: “Goðafoss”
  • Turkish: “Gooafoss”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґодафосс”
  • Vietnamese: “Goðafoss”
  • Western Panjabi: “گؤافوس چھمبر”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Fossholl”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.