Rjúkandavirkjun

Rjúkandavirkjun is an industrial building in , which is located on Dalbraut. Rjúkandavirkjun is situated nearby to , as well as near the lighthouse .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ólafsvíkurkirkja.

Church
Photo: Bultro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Rjúkandavirkjun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Olafsvik and Rif.

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.

Village
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Rjúkandavirkjun.

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.

Rjúkandavirkjun

Latitude
64.88798° or 64° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
-23.68757° or 23° 41′ 15″ west
Inception
September 18th, 1954
Operator
Rafmagnsveitur ríkisins
Open location code
99PRV8Q6+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 223927351
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q16424373
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In Other Languages

“Rjúkandavirkjun” goes by many names.
  • Icelandic: “Rjúkandavirkjun”

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Highlights include Tindur SH179 and Ólafsvík.

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