Húsavík

Húsavík is a town of approximately 2,500 inhabitants in . It is the whale watching capital of Iceland, with whales sighted on over 95% of trips during the summer.
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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.

Museum
is a non-profit organization established in 1997. is situated in Húsavík, a small town in north east , on the shores of , just below the Arctic Circle at 66° N.

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

Latitude
66.0433° or 66° 2′ 36″ north
Longitude
-17.341° or 17° 20′ 28″ west
Population
2,480
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
IATA airport code
HZK
Open location code
9CR42MV5+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245808228
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2629833
Wiki­data ID
Q219417
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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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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 “Húsavík”. Photo: Chmee2, CC BY 3.0.