Kambanes
| Kambanes | ||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 48 '15 " N , 13 ° 50' 40" W | |
| Waters 1 | Breiðdalsvík | |
| Waters 2 | Stöðvarfjörður | |
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Kambanes is a peninsula in eastern Iceland. It is located at the tip of the larger peninsula that separates the Breiðdalsvík bay and the Stöðvarfjörður fjord . The ring road runs through the 600 meter wide isthmus in between . Until November 2017 the street was called Suðurfjarðavegur 
. Kambanes is located in the municipality of Fjarðabyggð in the Austurland region .
Immediately south of Kambahnúta, the only mountain with a height of 81 meters, is the Heyklif homestead. Another, called Kambar, near the south coast, was abandoned in 1944 , but ruins remain. The Kambanesviti lighthouse, built in 1922, is located on the southeastern headland.
Web links
- Information about the Kambanesviti lighthouse on a private website about lighthouses in Europe
- Report on Stöðvarfjörður with information about the peninsula. Morgunblaðið , May 25, 2002 (Icelandic)