- Faxa Bay
- /fahk"seuh/an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the SW coast of Iceland.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Faxa Bay
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Faxa Bay — /fahk seuh/ an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the SW coast of Iceland. * * * Inlet of the northern Atlantic Ocean, southwestern coast of Iceland. At 30 mi (50 km) deep and 50 mi (80 km) long, it is the largest in Iceland. The main ports along the … Universalium
bay — bay1 /bay/, n. 1. a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. 2. South Atlantic States. an arm of a swamp. 3. a recess of land, partly surrounded by hills. 4. an arm of a prairie or swamp,… … Universalium
Reykjavik — /ray kyeuh veek , vik/, n. a seaport in and the capital of Iceland, in the SW part. 84,856. * * * City (pop., 1999 est.: 109,152), capital of Iceland. According to tradition, it was founded in 874 by the Norseman Ingólfur Arnarson. Until the 20th … Universalium
Keflavík — /kyep leuh veek , vik, kef /, n. a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport. 6473. * * * … Universalium
Hafnarfjördhur — ▪ Iceland town, southwestern Iceland, on the southwestern shore of Faxa Bay. In the 20th century it became a southern suburb of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. A fishing community built on an extensive lava field, it grew rapidly in the… … Universalium
Kópavogur — ▪ Iceland town, southwestern Iceland, situated on the southeastern shore of Faxa Bay, just to the south of Reykjavík, the nation s capital. A modern fast growing residential suburb of the capital, Kópavogur was by the late 1990s Iceland s… … Universalium
Reykjanesbaer — ▪ Iceland municipality, southwestern Iceland, on Reykja Peninsula, overlooking Faxa Bay. It was administratively created when Keflavík merged with the nearby towns of Njardvík and Hafnir in 1994. A fishing port and local market centre,… … Universalium
Keflavík — /kyep leuh veek , vik, kef /, n. a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport. 6473 … Useful english dictionary
Фахсафлоуи — исл. Faxaflói … Википедия
