Kirkjubæjarklaustur

Kirkjubæjarklaustur, often called Klaustur is a village in . With a population of around 160, it is the closest thing to an urban area within a vast municipality called Skaftárhreppur, and it's the only proper service centre on the almost 300km stretch of the ring road between Vík and .
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  • Type: Village with 210 residents
  • Description: village in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”, “Kirkjubær”, and “Klaustur”
  • Postal code: 880

Places of Interest

Highlights include Systrafoss and Kirkjugólf.

Waterfall
Photo: Bromr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a waterfall in Iceland, found at Kirkjubæjarklaustur in in the Suðurland region.

Photo: Tillea, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirkjubæjarklaustur

Latitude
63.7931° or 63° 47′ 35″ north
Longitude
-18.0419° or 18° 2′ 31″ west
Population
210
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS KIR
Open location code
9CM3QXV5+67
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60472743
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2629306
Wiki­data ID
Q1010183
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Kirkjubæjarklaustur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيركيوبايياركلووستور”
  • Armenian: “Կիրկյուբայյարկլյոյստյուր”
  • Basque: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Catalan: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Cebuano: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Chinese: “克勒伊斯蒂尔”
  • Chinese: “基尔丘拜亚尔克勒伊斯蒂尔”
  • Chinese: “基爾丘拜亞爾克勒伊斯蒂爾”
  • Chinese: “教堂镇”
  • Czech: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Dutch: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • Dutch: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيركچوبايچاركلاوستور”
  • Esperanto: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • French: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • French: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • French: “Klaustur”
  • Galician: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • Galician: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • German: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • German: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • German: “Klaustur”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkjubæjarklaustri”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkjubæjarklausturs”
  • Italian: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • Italian: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Japanese: “キルキュバイヤルクロイストゥル”
  • Japanese: “クロイストゥル”
  • Korean: “키르큐바이야르클뢰이스튀르”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Norwegian: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Persian: “کرک جوبجارکلوستور”
  • Polish: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • Polish: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Portuguese: “Kirkjubaejarklaustur”
  • Portuguese: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Romanian: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Russian: “Киркьюбайярклёйстюр”
  • Spanish: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Swedish: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”
  • Swedish: “Kirkjubaerklaustur”
  • Urdu: “کیرکجوبیار کلاؤسچر”
  • Veps: “Kirkjubajarklöistür”
  • Veps: “Kirkjubajarklöjstür”
  • Volapük: “Kirkjubæjarklaustur”

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