Hellissandur
Hellissandur is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland. The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.
- Type: Village with 365 residents
- Description: village in Iceland
- Also known as: “Hellissandi”, “Sandhur”, and “Sandur”
- Postal code: 360
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rif.
Hellissandur
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Snæfellsbær, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.9172° or 64° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude
-23.8825° or 23° 52′ 57″ west
Population
365
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
99PRW489+V2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Hellissandur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Hellissandur”
- Basque: “Hellissandur”
- Bulgarian: “Хелисандур”
- Cebuano: “Hellissandur”
- Chinese: “海德利桑德”
- Czech: “Hellissandur”
- Dutch: “Hellissandur”
- French: “Hellissandur”
- German: “Hellissandur”
- Icelandic: “Hellissandur”
- Italian: “Hellissandur”
- Japanese: “ヘリサンドゥル”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hellissandur”
- Norwegian: “Hellissandur”
- Polish: “Hellissandur”
- Portuguese: “Hellissandur”
- Slovak: “Hellissandur”
- Slovenian: “Hellissandur”
- Spanish: “Hellissandur”
- Swedish: “Hellissandur”
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