Húsavík
Húsavík is a town of approximately 2,500 inhabitants in North Iceland. It is the whale watching capital of Iceland, with whales sighted on over 95% of trips during the summer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 2,480 residents
- Description: town in Iceland
- Also known as: “Husavik”, “Husayik”, “Nordurthing”, and “Norðurþing”
- Postal codes: 640 and 641
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Húsavík Whale Museum and The Exploration Museum.
The Húsavík Whale Museum
Museum
Photo: WhaleMuseum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Húsavík Whale Museum is a non-profit organization established in 1997. The Húsavík Whale Museum is situated in Húsavík, a small town in north east Iceland, on the shores of Skjálfandi Bay, just below the Arctic Circle at 66° N.
The Exploration Museum
Museum
Photo: Hnefill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Exploration Museum is dedicated to the history of human exploration, from the early explorers to the exploration of space. The museum is located in the center of Húsavík in North Iceland, 50 kilometres from the Arctic Circle.
Húsavík
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Norðurþing, Northeast, North Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
66.0433° or 66° 2′ 36″ northLongitude
-17.341° or 17° 20′ 28″ westPopulation
2,480Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)IATA airport code
HZKOpen location code
9CR42MV5+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 245808228OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Húsavík” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Húsavík”
- Armenian: “Խուսավիկ”
- Armenian: “Հուսավիկ”
- Asturian: “Húsavík”
- Basque: “Húsavík”
- Belarusian: “Гусавік”
- Belarusian: “Хусавік”
- Bengali: “হুসাভিক”
- Catalan: “Húsavík”
- Cebuano: “Húsavík”
- Chinese: “胡萨维克”
- Chinese: “胡薩域”
- Chinese: “胡薩維克”
- Croatian: “Húsavík”
- Czech: “Húsavík”
- Danish: “Husavik”
- Danish: “Húsavík”
- Dutch: “Husavik”
- Dutch: “Húsavik”
- Dutch: “Húsavík”
- Dutch: “Norðurþing”
- Esperanto: “Húsavík”
- Estonian: “Husavik”
- Estonian: “Húsavík”
- Finnish: “Husavik”
- Finnish: “Húsavík”
- French: “Husavik”
- French: “Húsavík”
- Georgian: “ნორდურ-თინგერიარსისლა”
- Georgian: “ჰუსავიკი”
- German: “Husavik”
- German: “Húsavík”
- German: “Norðurþing”
- Greek: “Χούσαβικ”
- Hebrew: “הוסאוויק”
- Hungarian: “Húsavík”
- Icelandic: “Húsavík við Skjálfanda”
- Icelandic: “Húsavík”
- Icelandic: “Húsavíkur”
- Icelandic: “Húsavíkurbær”
- Icelandic: “Húsavíkurhreppur”
- Icelandic: “Húsavíkurkaupstaður”
- Icelandic: “Norðurþing”
- Ido: “Húsavík”
- Italian: “Husavik”
- Italian: “Húsavík”
- Japanese: “フーサヴィーク”
- Kalaallisut: “Húsavík”
- Korean: “후사비크”
- Latin: “Húsavík”
- Lithuanian: “Húsavík”
- Lithuanian: “Husavikas”
- Macedonian: “Хусавик”
- Mingrelian: “ჰუსავიკი”
- Moksha: “Гусавик”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Húsavik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Húsavík”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Húsavík”
- Norwegian: “Húsavík”
- Ossetian: “Хусавик”
- Persian: “هوساویک”
- Polish: “Husavik”
- Polish: “Húsavík”
- Portuguese: “Husavik”
- Portuguese: “Húsavík”
- Russian: “Хусавик”
- Scots: “Húsavík”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Húsavík”
- Spanish: “Husavik”
- Spanish: “Husavík”
- Spanish: “Húsavik”
- Spanish: “Húsavík”
- Swedish: “Husavik”
- Swedish: “Húsavik”
- Swedish: “Húsavík”
- Turkish: “Húsavík”
- Ukrainian: “Гусавік”
- Volapük: “Húsavík”
- Welsh: “Husavik”
- Welsh: “Húsavík”
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