Urriðafoss
Urriðafoss is a waterfall located in the river Þjórsá in southwest Iceland. With a flow rate of 360 m³/s, it has the highest average water flow of any waterfall in Iceland, and the second highest in Europe behind the Rheinfall.
Photo: Salvor, Public domain.- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Also known as: “Urridafoss” and “Urrithafoss”
Urriðafoss
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Flóahreppur, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.9249° or 63° 55′ 30″ north
Longitude
-20.67194° or 20° 40′ 19″ west
Height
6 metres (20 feet)
Width
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
99MXW8FH+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Urriðafoss” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Urriðafoss瀑布”
- Danish: “Urriðafoss”
- Dutch: “Urriðafoss”
- Finnish: “Urriðafoss”
- French: “Urriðafoss”
- German: “Urriðafoss”
- Icelandic: “Urriðafoss”
- Italian: “Urriðafoss”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Urriðafoss”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Urriðafoss”
- Portuguese: “Urriðafoss”
- Russian: “Урридафосс”
- Spanish: “Urriðafoss”
- Swedish: “Urriðafoss”
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