Strokkur

Strokkur is a fountain-type geyser located in a geothermal area beside the Hvítá River in in the southwest part of the country, east of .
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Photo: Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Geysir.

Geyser
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, sometimes known as The Great , is a geyser in south-western , that geological studies suggest started forming about 1150 CE. The English word geyser derives from .

Strokkur

Latitude
64.3127° or 64° 18′ 46″ north
Longitude
-20.30077° or 20° 18′ 3″ west
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
99PX8M7X+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270943513
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­geyser
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1128186
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Satellite Map

Discover Strokkur from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Strokkur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ستروكر”
  • Armenian: “Ստրոկկուր”
  • Basque: “Strokkur”
  • Bavarian: “Strokkur”
  • Bosnian: “Strokkur”
  • Bulgarian: “Строкур”
  • Bulgarian: “Строхкюр”
  • Catalan: “Strokkur”
  • Chinese: “史托克”
  • Chinese: “大间歇泉”
  • Czech: “Gejzír Strokkur”
  • Czech: “Strokkur”
  • Danish: “Strokkur”
  • Dutch: “Strokkur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستروكر”
  • Estonian: “Strokkur”
  • Finnish: “Strokkur”
  • French: “Strokkur”
  • Georgian: “სტროკიური”
  • German: “Strokkur”
  • Hebrew: “סטרוכקור”
  • Hungarian: “Strokkur”
  • Icelandic: “Strokkur”
  • Italian: “Strokkur”
  • Japanese: “ストロックル間欠泉”
  • Kazakh: “Strokkwr”
  • Kazakh: “Строккур: қайнаған бұрқақ”
  • Kazakh: “Строккур”
  • Kazakh: “ستروككۋر”
  • Korean: “게이시르”
  • Korean: “스트로퀴르”
  • Latvian: “Sdrohgirs”
  • Lithuanian: “Strokuras”
  • Luxembourgish: “Strokkur”
  • Macedonian: “Строкир”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Strokkur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strokkur”
  • Norwegian: “Strokkur”
  • Polish: “Strokkur”
  • Portuguese: “Strokkur”
  • Romanian: “Strokkur”
  • Russian: “Строккур”
  • Russian: “Строккюр”
  • Spanish: “Strokkur”
  • Swedish: “Strokkur”
  • Ukrainian: “Строккюр”
  • Vietnamese: “Strokkur”

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