Key facts
- Country
- Iceland
- Largest town
- Reykjanesbær
- Total
- 813 km (314 sq mi)
- Density
- 38.05/km (98.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- (Not Observed)
- Iso 3166 code
- IS-2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- geopark
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Capital Region
- Elevation
- 621
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Iceland (3), Reykjanes peninsula.JPG
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- Commons category
- Reykjanes peninsula
- topic's main category
- Category:Reykjanes
- mountain range
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge
- different from
- Reykjanes
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of the Suðurnes region
Southern Peninsula (Icelandic: Suðurnes, pronounced [ˈsʏːðʏrˌnɛːs] ) is an administrative unit and part of Reykjanesskagi (pronounced [ˈreiːcaˌnɛsˌskaijɪ]), or Reykjanes Peninsula, a region in southwest Iceland. It was named after Reykjanes, the southwestern tip of Reykjanesskagi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reykjanes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.