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Populated places in Northeastern Region (Iceland)

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Akureyri
thumb|Akureyrarkirkja Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region. The municipality includes the town's neighbourhood at the head of Eyjafjörður and two farther islands: Hrísey at the mouth of Eyjafjörður and Grímsey off the coast.
Húsavík
Húsavík () is a town in Norðurþing municipality on the northeast coast of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay with 2,485 inhabitants. The most famous landmark of the town is the wooden church Húsavíkurkirkja, built in 1907. Húsavík is served by Húsavík Airport.
Grímsey
Grímsey () is a small Icelandic island, off the north coast of the main island of Iceland, where it straddles the Arctic Circle. Grímsey is also known for the puffins and other sea birds which visit the island for breeding.
Dalvík
Dalvík () is the main town of Dalvíkurbyggð, a municipality of Iceland. As of January 2011, its population was 1,454 people.
Siglufjörður
Siglufjörður () is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland.
Dalvíkurbyggð
Dalvíkurbyggð (, regionally also ) is a small municipality in northern Iceland. Dalvíkurbyggð is on Tröllaskagi and west of Eyjafjörður.
Ólafsfjörður
Ólafsfjörður () is a town in the northeast of Iceland located at the mouth of the fjord Eyjafjörður.
Reykjahlíð
Reykjahlíð () is a village situated on the shores of Lake Mývatn in the north of Iceland. It is the seat of the municipality of Þingeyjarsveit. It has 227 inhabitants as of 2021. With an elevation of 292 meters above sea level it ranks as the highest situated town in the nation.
Raufarhöfn
Raufarhöfn () is a village located on the northeastern tip of the Melrakkaslétta peninsula in Iceland.
Þórshöfn
Þórshöfn () or Thorshofn is a small fishing village in northeast Iceland, located on the northern coast of the Langanes peninsula on the Þistilfjörður bay.
Kópasker
Kópasker () is a small village with approximately 120 inhabitants in the municipality of Norðurþing, situated on the eastern shore of Öxarfjörður in northeast Iceland.
Laugar
Laugar is a hamlet in the Northeastern Region Iceland, on the Reykjadalsá river, a left tributary of the Laxá í Aðaldal river. Route 1 runs through the village between Akureyri and Reykjahlíð. It is largest village in the municipality of Þingeyjarsveit. In 2018, it had a population of 109 people.
Svalbarðseyri
Svalbarðseyri () is a small village in the Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur municipality, northern Iceland, which in January 2011 had 245 inhabitants.
Bakkafjörður
Bakkafjörður () is a small fishing village in North-East Iceland, located in a fjord with the same name.
Hrafnagil
Hrafnagil (, also known as Hrafnagilshverfi and formerly Reykárhverfi ) is a small village in Eyjafjarðarsveit, northern Iceland, which in 2016 had 260 inhabitants.
Hjalteyri
Hjalteyri () is a tiny fishing village in northern Iceland in the Norðurland eystra region.
Hauganes
thumb|The whale watching vessel Níels Jónsson lies tied to the pier at Hauganes harbour Hauganes () is a village located in Eyjafjörður in northern Iceland. Hauganes has about 137 inhabitants.
Grímsstaðir
Grímsstaðir () is a settlement in north-east Iceland whose weather station has recorded the low-temperature record for Iceland of -38°C. This temperature was also recorded concurrently in the neighbouring settlement of Möðrudalur on 21 January 1918. It is a sheltered location (at altitude of about 400 metres) between two upland areas (above 800 metres).
Glaumbær
Glaumbær is an Icelandic town and church site in the middle of Langholt, west of Héraðsvötn in Skagafjörður, formerly a part of the rural municipality Seyluhreppur. It is now home to the Skagafjörður Folk Museum.