Selfoss
Selfoss is the largest town in South Iceland. Although it sits by a beautiful spot by the Ölfusá river, it's too close to places like Þingvellir and Gullfoss and Geysir to be noticed, and too close to Reykjavík for most people to think of it as a place to stay the night.
- Town with about 9,810 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- …is also known as “Árborg”
- Description: city in Iceland
- Postal codes: 800-802
Places of Interest
Highlights include Selfoss Airport and Laugardælakirkja.
Selfoss Airport
Selfoss Airport is an airport serving Selfoss, a town…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi.
Selfoss
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Latitude
63.9368° or 63° 56′ 13″ north
Longitude
-21.0035° or 21° 0′ 13″ west
UN/LOCODE
IS SEL
Open location code
99MWWXPW+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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”
- Mongolian: “Сельфосс”
- 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”
- Slovak: “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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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South Iceland: Highlights
Learn more about Þingvellir National Park and Vestmannaeyjar.