Grótta
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thumb|The lighthouse of Grótta. Grótta () is a tied island at the extreme end of Seltjarnarnes in the Capital Region of Iceland. During high tide the tombolo is completely submerged, turning Grótta into an island.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Grótta is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to tide, Iceland and bird.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Landforms of Iceland, Lighthouses in Iceland and Protected areas of Iceland.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tidal island
- Official name
- Grunnafjörður
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Seltjarnarnes
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 1393.18409
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Faxaflói
- Image
- Seltjarnarnes - Bassa marea.JPG
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- Commons category
- Grótta
- significant place
- Seltjarnarnes
- inception
- 1994-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|The lighthouse of Grótta. Grótta () is a tied island at the extreme end of Seltjarnarnes in the Capital Region of Iceland. During high tide the tombolo is completely submerged, turning Grótta into an island.
The island is accessible by foot during low tide, giving people a window of about six hours to visit the island. Grótta and the region close by is a popular outdoor recreational area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grótta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations