Ásbyrgi
Ásbyrgi is a glacial canyon and forest in the north of Iceland, located approximately 38 kilometres east of Húsavík on the Diamond Circle road. The horseshoe-shaped depression is part of the Vatnajökull National Park and measures approximately 3.5 km in length and over 1 km wide.Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: valley in Iceland
- Also known as: “Asbyrgi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Botnstjörn.
Ásbyrgi
- Categories: canyon, Álagablettur, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
66.00159° or 66° 0′ 6″ northLongitude
-16.51223° or 16° 30′ 44″ westOpen location code
9CR52F2Q+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1397755121OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q252506
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Ásbyrgi” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Ásbyrgi”
- Cebuano: “Ásbyrgi”
- Chinese: “Asbyrgi峽谷”
- Chinese: “奥斯比吉断层崖”
- Czech: “Ásbyrgi”
- Dutch: “Ásbyrgi”
- French: “Ásbyrgi”
- German: “Ásbyrgi”
- Icelandic: “Ásbyrgi”
- Italian: “Ásbyrgi”
- Polish: “Ásbyrgi”
- Russian: “Аусбирги”
- Spanish: “Asbyrgi”
- Spanish: “Ásbyrgi”
- Swedish: “Asbyrgi”
- Swedish: “Ásbyrgi”
- Ukrainian: “Аусбіргі”
- Ukrainian: “Аусбірґі”
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