Stokksnes
Stokksnes | ||
Stokksnes, with a view of the Eystrahorn mountain |
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Coordinates | 64 ° 14 '24 " N , 14 ° 57' 51" W | |
Waters 1 | Atlantic Ocean | |
Stokksnes lighthouse |
Stokksnes is a headland in southeast Iceland .
It is located 12 kilometers east of Höfn í Hornafirði below the Vestrahorn mountain . There is still a lighthouse on the headland. In 1955 the Americans built a large radar station here , which was then also used by NATO . Most of the military buildings have now been demolished.
Web links
- Radar station map
- Where there are dwarfs in the dunes on reisewut.de