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Viðey
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thumb|right|250px|Viðey House with Esjan in the background Viðey (; sometimes anglicised as Videy) is the largest island of the Kollafjörður Bay in Iceland, just outside the capital of Reykjavík.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Viðey is referenced by 78 other articles, and connects out to English language, Iceland and volcano.

The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Calderas of Iceland, Extinct volcanoes of Europe and Geography articles needing translation from Icelandic Wikipedia.

Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.

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Reykjavík North

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Country
Iceland
Population
0
Area
1.7
Elevation
32
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Body of water
Kollafjörður
Official website
www.videy.com
Image
Videy 085.jpg
Width
0.72
Length
2.9
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Viðey
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • Geology
  • History
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|250px|Viðey House with Esjan in the background Viðey (; sometimes anglicised as Videy) is the largest island of the Kollafjörður Bay in Iceland, just outside the capital of Reykjavík.

== Overview == The island covers ; its highest point is above sea level. The island is divided by a narrow piece of land (isthmus) creating the West Island, East Island and the largest Home Island. The island has a rich bird life with about 30 species breeding here, such as Puffins, Guillemots, and Fulmars along its coast. The well-vegetated island has areas of bog, grey basalt on the West Island and eastern shore and at least 156 species of plant.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viðey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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