Hof, Iceland
Place in South Iceland
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Hof, (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɔːf]) in Öræfi, is a cluster of farms in the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður in southeast Iceland, close to Vatnajökull glacier, and twenty-two kilometres south of Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park. It is on the Route 1 southwest of Höfn, in the narrow strip between the sea coast and the glacier.
Hof | |
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Wood and turf church at Hof. | |
  Hof Location in Iceland | |
| Coordinates: 63°54′24″N 16°42′26″W | |
| Country |  Iceland |
| Constituency | South |
| Region | Eastern Region |
| County | Austur-Skaftafellssýsla |
| Municipality | Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður |
| Elevation | 330 ft (100 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Post Code | 785 |
It is 9.14 km WSW of the centre of Öræfajökull volcano.
A notable building in Hof is a turf church, which was built in 1883 and is the youngest turf church in Iceland. Since 1951, it belongs to the National Museum of Iceland.[1]
