Ólafsvík
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Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes 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. Ólafsvík became certified trading place, authorized by the Danish King and Danish authorities, in 1687.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ólafsvík
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 1_Ólafsvík_aerial_pano_2017.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial panorama of the town in 2017
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- Snaefellsbaer map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the Municipality of Snæfellsbær
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- Iceland
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- right
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- Location in Iceland
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituency
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- Northwest Constituency
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Western Region
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- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Snæfellsbær
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Official name
- Ólafsvík
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Snæfellsbær
- Population
- 985
- Elevation
- 21
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- 1 Ólafsvík aerial pano 2017.jpg
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- Ólafsvík
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- Ólafsvík
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ólafsvík () is a small town in Iceland on the northern side of the Snæfellsnes 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. Ólafsvík became certified trading place, authorized by the Danish King and Danish authorities, in 1687.
It is situated near the western end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, on the north coast of the peninsula. It is on route 54, between Grundarfjörður and Hellissandur. At 23 degrees 42 minutes West, it is the westernmost settlement of its size in Europe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ólafsvík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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