Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station
The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station is the second-largest geothermal power station in Iceland. The facility is located 177 m above sea level in the southwestern part of the country, near Þingvellir National Park and the Hengill mountain range, about 30 km east of central Reykjavík.Photo: Fir0002, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: geothermal power station in Iceland
- Also known as: “Nesjavellir Geothermal Plant”, “Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant”, “Nesjavellir Power Plant”, and “Nesjavellir Power Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hengill.
Hengill
Volcano
Photo: Reykholt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hengill is a volcanic table mountain situated in the south-west of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir. The volcano is still active, as evidenced by its numerous hot springs and fumaroles, but the last eruption occurred approximately 2,000 years ago, before the settlement of Iceland. Hengill is situated 4 km southwest of Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station.
Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station
- Categories: combined cycle power station, flash steam power station, and industry
- Location: South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.10625° or 64° 6′ 23″ northLongitude
-21.2581° or 21° 15′ 29″ westInception
May 1990Operator
ON PowerOpen location code
99PW4P4R+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 755845530OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q693330
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Несяветлир”
- Chinese: “內夏韋德利地熱站”
- Chinese: “内夏韦德利地热站”
- Chuvash: “ГеоТЭС Несаветлир”
- Dutch: “Nesjavellir”
- French: “centrale géothermique de Nesjavellir”
- French: “Centrale géothermique de Nesjavellir”
- German: “Nesjavellir-Kraftwerk”
- Hungarian: “Nesjavellir”
- Icelandic: “Nesjavallavirkjun”
- Italian: “Nesjavellir”
- Japanese: “ネーシャヴェトリル地熱発電所”
- Japanese: “ネーシャヴェトリル発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nesjavellir kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Nesjavellir kraftverk”
- Persian: “نیروگاه زمینگرمایی نسیاولیر”
- Polish: “Elektrownia geotermalna Nesjavellir”
- Russian: “ГеоТЭС Несаветлир”
- Russian: “ГеоТЭС Несьяведлир”
- Spanish: “Central geotérmica de Nesjavellir”
- Spanish: “Central geotermoeléctrica de Nesjavellir”
- Ukrainian: “Геотермальна електростанція Несьяветлір”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stangarháls við Nesjavelli and Adventure park.
Nearby Places
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