Jump to content

Hof, Iceland

Coordinates: 63°54′24″N 16°42′26″W / 63.90667°N 16.70722°W / 63.90667; -16.70722
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hof
Wood and turf church at Hof.
Wood and turf church at Hof.
Hof is located in Iceland
Hof
Hof
Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 63°54′24″N 16°42′26″W / 63.90667°N 16.70722°W / 63.90667; -16.70722
Country Iceland
ConstituencySouth
RegionEastern Region
CountyAustur-Skaftafellssýsla
MunicipalitySveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
Elevation
300 ft (100 m)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
Post Code
785

Hof, (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɔːf]) in Öræfi, is a cluster of farms in the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður in southeast Iceland, close to Vatnajökull glacier, and twenty two kilometres south of Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park. It is on the Route 1 southwest of Höfn, in the narrow strip between the sea coast and the glacier.

It is 9.14 km WSW of the centre of Öræfajökull volcano.

A notable building in Hof is a turf church, which was built in 1883 and is the youngest turf church in Iceland. Since 1951, it belongs to the National Museum of Iceland.[1]

References

[edit]

Media related to Hof í Öræfum at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ Iceland Road Guide (12th ed.). Reykjavik: Vegahandbokin. 2011. p. 120. ISBN 9789979999225.