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.
- Village with about 370 residents
- Description: village in Iceland
- Postal code: 360
- Also known as“Hellissandi”“Sandhur”“Sandur”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rif.
Hellissandur
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Latitude
64.9172° or 64° 55′ 2″ north
Longitude
-23.8825° or 23° 52′ 57″ west
Open location code
99PRW489+V2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Hellissandur” goes by many names.
HellissandurAsturian
HellissandurBasque
ХелисандурBulgarian
HellissandurCebuano
海德利桑德Chinese
HellissandurCzech
HellissandurDutch
HellissandurIcelandic
HellissandurItalian
ヘリサンドゥルJapanese
HellissandurNorwegian
HellissandurNorwegian Bokmål
HellissandurPolish
HellissandurSlovak
HellissandurSlovenian
HellissandurSwedish
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