Hvítahúsið

Hvítahúsið is a building in , which is located on Snæfell. Hvítahúsið is situated nearby to the tourism office , as well as near the village .
  • Type: Building
  • Address: Snæfell, 360
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hellissandur and Rif.

Photo: Chris Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
is a village on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in . The village is considered one of the first fishing villages on Iceland, existing already in the 16th century, when people elsewhere mostly lived on agriculture.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Hvítahúsið.

Town
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Ólafsvík is a small town in on the northern side of the Peninsula. At one point in the 17th and 18th centuries, commercial vessels sailed between Ólafsvík and Denmark, and the village was one of the larger trading ports in Iceland. is situated 10 km east of Hvítahúsið.

Hvítahúsið

Latitude
64.91417° or 64° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
-23.90734° or 23° 54′ 26″ west
Levels
1
Open location code
99PRW37V+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 184505080
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
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