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Grindavík
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Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, located near Þorbjörn.
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Grindavík is a city in Iceland, situated within the administrative territorial entity of Grindavíkurbær, of which it serves as the capital. Located on the Southern Peninsula, the municipality has a postal code of 240 and an area of 423. The city’s elevation is recorded as 12, and it operates in the Atlantic/Reykjavik time zone, corresponding to UTC±00:00.
The population of Grindavík is listed as 3,579, though another source cites a figure of 2,856. The city was the site of an evacuation during the 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions. Its official website is grindavik.is.
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Place details
- Locality
- Grindavík
- Region
- Southern Peninsula
- Country
- Ísland
- Population
- 2,856
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Grindavíkurbær
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Grindavík apríl 2025.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Grindavík in 2025
- Settlement.shield_size
- 85px
- Settlement.image_map
- Grindavíkurbær.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Grindavíkurbær
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southern Peninsula
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- South Constituency
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fannar Jónasson
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Grindavíkurbær
- Population
- 1246
- Area
- 423
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Capital of
- Grindavíkurbær
- Official website
- www.grindavik.is
- Image
- Grindavík apríl 2025.jpg
- Significant event
- 2023–2025 Sundhnúkur eruptions
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- Commons category
- Grindavík
- topic's main category
- Category:Grindavík
- P8168
- Hermann Knaus
- postal code
- 240
- P12749
- asteroid belt
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Geography and geology
- 2023–25 volcanic eruptions
- Activities
- Sports
- Notable residents
- United States Naval communication facility
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Grindavík () is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, located near Þorbjörn.
It is one of the few towns with a harbour on this coast. Most of the inhabitants work in the fishing industry. The Blue Lagoon, Grindavík's première attraction, is located from the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grindavík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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