Selfoss

Selfoss is the largest town in . Although it sits by a beautiful spot by the Ölfusá river, it's too close to places like and to be noticed, and too close to for most people to think of it as a place to stay the night.
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  • Type: Town with 10,400 residents
  • Description: city in Iceland
  • Also known as: Árborg
  • Postal codes: 800-802

Places of Interest

Highlights include Selfoss Airport and Laugardælakirkja.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Selfoss, a town on the banks of Ölfusá river in the municipality in southern . is privately owned. The Selfoss non-directional beacon is located on the field.

Selfoss

Latitude
63.9368° or 63° 56′ 13″ north
Longitude
-21.0035° or 21° 0′ 13″ west
Population
10,400
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS SEL
Open location code
99MWWXPW+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 59864601
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3413604
Wiki­data ID
Q192898
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Selfoss” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سيلفوس
  • Asturian: Selfoss
  • Azerbaijani: Selfoss
  • Basque: Selfoss (hiria)
  • Basque: Selfoss
  • Belarusian: Сельфас
  • Belarusian: Сельфос
  • Belarusian: Сэльфос
  • Bengali: সেলফস
  • Bulgarian: Селфос
  • Catalan: Selfoss
  • Chinese: 塞尔福斯
  • Chinese: 塞爾福斯
  • Czech: Selfoss
  • Danish: Selfoss
  • Dutch: Selfoss
  • Eastern Mari: Сельфосс
  • Egyptian Arabic: سيلفوس
  • Esperanto: Selfoss
  • Estonian: Selfoss
  • Faroese: Selfoss
  • Finnish: Selfoss
  • French: Selfoss
  • German: Selfoss
  • Greek: Σέλφος
  • Hebrew: סלפוס
  • Hungarian: Selfoss
  • Icelandic: Selfoss
  • Icelandic: Selfossbær
  • Icelandic: Selfosshreppur
  • Icelandic: Selfossi
  • Icelandic: Selfosskaupstaður
  • Icelandic: Selfyssingur
  • Inari Sami: Selfoss
  • Irish: Selfoss
  • Italian: Selfoss
  • Japanese: セールフォス
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Selfoss
  • Kazakh: Selʹfoss
  • Kazakh: Сельфосс
  • Kazakh: سەلفوسس
  • Kildin Sami: Сельфосс
  • Korean: 셀포스
  • Kotava: Selfoss
  • Lithuanian: Selfosas
  • Lule Sami: Selfoss
  • Luxembourgish: Selfoss
  • Macedonian: Селфос
  • Moksha: Сэльфосс
  • Northern Sami: Selfoss
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Selfoss
  • Norwegian: Selfoss
  • Ossetian: Сельфосс
  • Persian: سلفوس (شهرک)
  • Persian: سلفوس
  • Pite Sami: Selfoss
  • Polish: Selfoss
  • Portuguese: Selfoss
  • Russian: Сельфосс
  • Scots: Selfoss
  • Scottish Gaelic: Selfoss
  • Serbian: Selfos
  • Serbian: Selfoss
  • Serbian: Селфос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Selfoss
  • Skolt Sami: Selfoss
  • Slovenian: Selfoss
  • Southern Sami: Selfoss
  • Spanish: Selfoss
  • Swedish: Selfoss
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Selfoss
  • Turkish: Selfoss
  • Ukrainian: Селфос
  • Ukrainian: Селфосс
  • Ukrainian: Сельфос
  • Ukrainian: Сельфосс
  • Ume Sami: Selfoss
  • Urdu: سیلفوس
  • Volapük: Selfoss
  • Welsh: Selfoss
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Selfoss”. Photo: Themrme1, CC0.