Egilsstaðir
Egilsstaðir is a town in Múlaþing, East Iceland and has about 2,710 residents. Egilsstaðir is situated nearby to the village Fellabaer.Places of Interest
Highlights include Egilsstaðir Airport and Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School.
Egilsstaðir Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Egilsstaðir Airport is a single-runway airport in Egilsstaðir, Iceland. The only scheduled carrier is Icelandair with flights to Reykjavík. Egilsstaðir also serves as a diversion airport for Keflavik International Airport located 415 kilometers southwest of Egilsstaðir.
Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School
School
Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School is a gymnasium in the Eastern Region, Iceland Egilsstadir Upper Secondary School was founded in 1979. For the first few years the school was housed in a building built in 1983 that now houses boarders.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Egilsstaðir and Fellabaer.
Egilsstaðir
Photo: Chris 73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Egilsstaðir is the unofficial capital of East Iceland. Its population is 2332. It lies on the banks of the Lagarfljót river.
Fellabaer
Village
Photo: Janko Hoener, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fellabær is a town in Eastern Iceland, located right across Lagarfljót from Egilsstaðir. A short bridge across Lagarfljót, approximately 300 metres in length, connects Egilsstaðir and Fellabær. Fellabaer is situated 2½ km northwest of Egilsstaðir.
Egilsstaðir
- Type: Town with 2,710 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Múlaþing, East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.26204° or 65° 15′ 43″ northLongitude
-14.40353° or 14° 24′ 13″ westPopulation
2,710Open location code
9CQ77H6W+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 249086265OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Egilsstaðir” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Эгільстадзір”
- Chinese: “埃伊尔斯塔济”
- Georgian: “ეგილსტადირი”
- Greek: “Έγκιλσταδιρ”
- Hebrew: “איילססטאד’יר”
- Japanese: “エイイルススタジル”
- Korean: “에이일스스타디르”
- Lithuanian: “Ejilstadiras”
- Russian: “Эйильсстадир”
- Serbian: “Егјилстадир”
- Ukrainian: “Еґільсстадір”
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