Hellisey
Sign in to savethumbnail|Suðurey, Hellisey, Súlnasker and Geldungur islands. Hellisey () is a small, uninhabited island in the Vestmann Islands, south of Iceland. It is 6 km southwest of Heimaey and 13 km northeast of Surtsey. Hellisey only has an area of 0.1 km ² and extends to about 100 m above sea level.
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- Instance of
- stack
- Part of
- Vestmannaeyjar
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Vestmannaeyjar
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.1
- Elevation
- 122
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Islas Suðurey, Hellisey, Súlnasker y Geldungur, Islas Vestman, Suðurland, Islandia, 2014-08-17, DD 047.JPG
- Width
- 0.28
- Length
- 0.7
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thumbnail|Suðurey, Hellisey, Súlnasker and Geldungur islands. Hellisey () is a small, uninhabited island in the Vestmann Islands, south of Iceland. It is 6 km southwest of Heimaey and 13 km northeast of Surtsey. Hellisey only has an area of 0.1 km ² and extends to about 100 m above sea level.
==Nature== The island is a bird paradise. Like other Vestmann Islands, Hellisey is also a volcanic island. A local company makes fishing tours to the island. Prior to 1960, the island also had some sheep.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hellisey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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