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peninsula in Iceland

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.