Hvalsneskirkja

Hvalsneskirkja is a church in Suðurnesjabær, Southern Peninsula which is located on Hvalsneskirkja. Hvalsneskirkja is situated nearby to the cemetery Hvalneskirkjugarður, as well as near the town Sandgerði.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stafnesviti.

Stafnesviti

Lighthouse

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Stafnesviti is a lighthouse, which is situated 2½ km south of Hvalsneskirkja.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandgerði and Hafnir.

Sandgerði

Town

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sandgerði, also known as Sandgerðisbær, is a town in southwestern Iceland on the Southern Peninsula. It is part of the municipality of Suðurnesjabær, formed in 2018 when it merged with Garður. Sandgerði is situated 6 km north of Hvalsneskirkja.

Hafnir

Hamlet

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Hafnir is a town in southwestern Iceland. It is situated in the Reykjanes peninsula and has 122 inhabitants. In 1994 the inhabitants of Hafnir, Njarðvík and Keflavík agreed to form a municipality called Reykjanesbær with a population of 20,416. Hafnir is situated 7 km south of Hvalsneskirkja.

Ásbrú

Suburb

Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.

Ásbrú is a part of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik now supervised by the Icelandic defense authorities. After U.S. forces abandoned the base in 2006, a part of the base not needed for current military defense needs, was re-invented as a community of entrepreneurs, students and business. Ásbrú is situated 8 km east of Hvalsneskirkja.

Hvalsneskirkja

Type: Church
Address: Hvalsneskirkja, 246
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Suðurnesjabær, Southern Peninsula, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

63.98992° or 63° 59′ 24″ north

Longitude

-22.73589° or 22° 44′ 9″ west

Inception

1887

Open location code

99MVX7Q7+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 699477962

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

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