Hella
Hella is a village in South Iceland, 97 km east of the capital city, Reykjavík. It's an important base for adventures into the highlands, to places such as Landmannalaugar and Þórsmörk.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,060 residents
- Description: city in Iceland
- Also known as: “Hella, Iceland”
- Postal codes: 850 and 851
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ægissíðufoss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rauðilækur.
Rauðilækur
Hamlet
Rauðilækur is a small village, more a hamlet, just beside the small town of Hella in southern Iceland. Established in 1902, the village is named after the stream of the same name that flows on the east side of the hamlet. In 2011 it had a population of 43. Rauðilækur is situated 4 km northwest of Hella.
Hella
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Rangárþing ytra, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.8355° or 63° 50′ 8″ northLongitude
-20.3987° or 20° 23′ 55″ westPopulation
1,060Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)United Nations Location Code
IS HEAOpen location code
99MXRJP2+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 201585514OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Volapük—“Hella” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Hella”
- Basque: “Hella”
- Cebuano: “Hella”
- Chinese: “海德拉”
- Czech: “Hella”
- Danish: “Hella”
- Dutch: “Hella”
- French: “Hella (Island)”
- French: “Hella (Islande)”
- French: “Hella”
- German: “Hella”
- Icelandic: “Hella”
- Icelandic: “Hellu”
- Icelandic: “Rangárþing ytra”
- Italian: “Hella”
- Japanese: “ヘットラ”
- Japanese: “ヘトラ”
- Low German: “Hella”
- Persian: “هلا، ایسلند”
- Polish: “Hella”
- Portuguese: “Hella”
- Russian: “Хедла”
- Russian: “Хелла”
- Swedish: “Hella, Island”
- Swedish: “Hella”
- Volapük: “Hella”
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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 “Hella”. Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.