Iceland winter landscape surrounding Keflavik, Europe

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keflav%C3%ADk

2025: "Keflavík (pronounced [ˈcʰɛplaˌviːk] ⓘ, meaning Driftwood Bay) is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129.[2]

In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njarðvík and Hafnir to form the municipality of Reykjanesbær. Keflavík International Airport, the country's largest airport (serving nearby Reykjavík) is adjacent to the town. 

Keflavík was founded by Scottish entrepreneurs and engineers[3] in the 16th century, and developed on account of its fishing and fish processing industry.[4]

In the 1940s an airport was built next to the town by the United States military, which served as an important refueling stop for trans-Atlantic flights, especially during World War II.

During the Cold War, Naval Air Station Keflavik played an important role in monitoring marine and submarine traffic from the Norwegian and Greenland seas into the Atlantic Ocean. Forces from the United States Air Force were added to provide radar monitoring, fighter intercept, in-flight refueling, and aerial/marine rescue. With increasing ranges for aircraft and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the base became less important, and the last U.S. personnel were withdrawn in 2006.

Within Iceland, Keflavík was renowned as a rich source of musicians during the 1960s and 1970s, and came to be known as bítlabærinn [ˈpihtlaˌpaiːrɪn] or "The Beatle Town". 

The local geography is dominated by fields of basalt rubble, interspersed with a few hardy plants and mosses.

The climate of Keflavík is subpolar oceanic (Köppen: Cfc) with cool summers and moderately cold winters. There is not a truly dry month but June is the month that gets the least amount of precipitation. Winter high temperatures average above the freezing mark, and summer high temperatures are cool to mild. The warmest month on average is July with an average high of 14.2 °C (58 °F) and the coldest is January with an average high of 3.4 °C (38 °F)."

Address

Kálfatjarn Church

Fagridalur 1

191 Vogar

Iceland

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"Katrínartún 4, 9th floor

+354 519 79 99 and info@guidetoiceland.is "

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