Fangelsið Sogni

Fangelsið Sogni is a prison in Ölfus, South Iceland which is located on Sogn. Fangelsið Sogni is situated nearby to the peak Bjarnarfell.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leirgerður and Kotstrandarkirkja.

Leirgerður

Spring

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Leirgerður is a spring, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Fangelsið Sogni.

Kotstrandarkirkja

Church

Photo: Jóna Þórunn, CC BY 3.0.

Kotstrandarkirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km south of Fangelsið Sogni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hveragerði and Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi.

Hveragerði

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Hveragerði is a town of 3,000 people in South Iceland. Hveragerði is uniquely located in a geothermally active area. Its name is derived from an Icelandic word for hot spring - hver.

Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi is a municipality in Árnessýslu, Iceland, with a population of 81 people in 2016. It is the smallest municipality of Iceland in terms of the number of inhabitants. Árbæjarhverfi í Ölfusi is situated 8 km southeast of Fangelsið Sogni.

Selfoss

Photo: Themrme1, CC0.

Selfoss is the largest town in South Iceland. Although it sits by a beautiful spot by the Ölfusá river, it's too close to places like Þingvellir and Gullfoss and Geysir to be noticed, and too close to Reykjavík for most people to think of it as a place to stay the night.

Fangelsið Sogni

Type: Prison
Address: Sogn, Ölfusi, 816
Category: government building
Location: Ölfus, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

63.99783° or 63° 59′ 52″ north

Longitude

-21.13152° or 21° 7′ 54″ west

Operator

Fangelsismálastofnun ríkisins

Open location code

99MWXVX9+49

OpenStreetMap ID

way 767957746

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=prison

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