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<p>Goðafoss Panorama
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<td style="text-align:left"><a href="World_Geodetic_System_1984" title="World Geodetic System 1984">Koordinaten</a>
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<td style="text-align:left"><span id="Goðafoss" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:65.683133,-17.551174"><span title="Breitengrad">65°&nbsp;40′&nbsp;59,3″&nbsp;<abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">17°&nbsp;33′&nbsp;4,2″&nbsp;<abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">65.683133</span><span class="longitude">-17.551174</span><span class="elevation"></span></span>
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<td><a href="Nor%C3%B0urland_eystra" title="Norðurland eystra">Norðurland eystra</a>, <a href="Island" title="Island">Island</a>
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<td>11&nbsp;m
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<td style="vertical-align:top;"><b>Fluss</b>
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<td><a href="Skj%C3%A1lfandaflj%C3%B3t" title="Skjálfandafljót">Skjálfandafljót</a> → <a href="Skj%C3%A1lfandi" title="Skjálfandi">Skjálfandi</a>-Bucht → <a href="Arktischer_Ozean" title="Arktischer Ozean">Arktischer Ozean</a>
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<p>Der <b>Goðafoss</b> [<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r227981795">
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</style><span class="navigation-not-searchable"><span class="IPA"><a href="Liste_der_IPA-Zeichen" title="Liste der IPA-Zeichen"><span title="Aussprache im Internationalen Phonetischen Alphabet (IPA)" lang="zxx">ˈkɔːðaˌfɔsː</span></a></span></span>] ist einer der bekanntesten Wasserfälle <a href="Island" title="Island">Islands</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lage_am_Skjálfandafljót"><span id="Lage_am_Skj.C3.A1lfandaflj.C3.B3t"></span>Lage am Skjálfandafljót</h2></div>
<p>Er liegt auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde <a href="%C3%9Eingeyjarsveit" title="Þingeyjarsveit">Þingeyjarsveit</a> im Nordosten des Landes nahe dem Anfang der <a href="Sprengisandur" title="Sprengisandur">Sprengisandur</a>-Hochlandpiste in Sichtweite der <a href="Hringvegur" title="Hringvegur">Ringstraße</a>. Östlich des Goðafoss liegt der Ort <a href="Laugar" title="Laugar">Laugar</a>.
</p><p>Das Wasser des <a href="Skj%C3%A1lfandaflj%C3%B3t" title="Skjálfandafljót">Skjálfandafljót</a> stürzt über einer Breite von 158&nbsp;m, die von drei Felsen unterbrochen wird, etwa 11&nbsp;m<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in einem weiten Bogen in die Tiefe.
</p><p>Der Wasserfall wurde am 12. Juni 2020 vom isländischen Umweltminister <a href="Gu%C3%B0mundur_Ingi_Gu%C3%B0brandsson" title="Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson">Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson</a> unter <a href="Liste_der_Schutzgebiete_in_Island" title="Liste der Schutzgebiete in Island">Naturschutz</a> gestellt.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namensgebung">Namensgebung</h2></div>
<p>Der Sage nach soll der <a href="Godentum" title="Godentum">Gode</a> und <a href="L%C3%B6gs%C3%B6guma%C3%B0ur" title="Lögsögumaður">Gesetzessprecher</a> Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði Þorkelsson um das Jahr 1000 n. Chr., nach der beschlossenen Übernahme des Christentums als Staatsreligion, die letzten heidnischen Götterbilder in den Goðafoss geworfen haben. Daher der Name (= Götterwasserfall). Ein Kirchenfensterbild in der Domkirche von <a href="Akureyri" title="Akureyri">Akureyri</a> (<i>Akureyrarkirkja</i>) erinnert an diese Geschichte.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schiffe_namens_Goðafoss"><span id="Schiffe_namens_Go.C3.B0afoss"></span>Schiffe namens <i>Goðafoss</i></h2></div>
<p>Mehrere Schiffe der isländischen Reederei <a href="Eimskip" title="Eimskip">Eimskip</a> trugen den Namen <i>Goðafoss</i>.
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<ul><li>→siehe: <a href="Liste_von_Schiffen_mit_dem_Namen_Go%C3%B0afoss" title="Liste von Schiffen mit dem Namen Goðafoss">Liste von Schiffen mit dem Namen Goðafoss</a></li></ul>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Siehe_auch">Siehe auch</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Liste_der_Wasserf%C3%A4lle_in_Island" title="Liste der Wasserfälle in Island">Liste der Wasserfälle in Island</a></li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Go%C3%B0afoss?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Goðafoss</a></span></b>&nbsp;– Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iceland.de/index.php?id=662">Der Goðafoss</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/waterfall/Gothafoss-14444"><i>Goðafoss, Iceland.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 28.&nbsp;Oktober 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AGo%C3%B0afoss&amp;rft.title=Go%C3%B0afoss%2C+Iceland&amp;rft.description=Go%C3%B0afoss%2C+Iceland&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldwaterfalldatabase.com%2Fwaterfall%2FGothafoss-14444&amp;rft.language=en">&nbsp;</span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ruv.is/frett/2020/06/11/godafoss-fridlystur"><i>Goðafoss friðlýstur.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 16.&nbsp;Juni 2020</span> (isländisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AGo%C3%B0afoss&amp;rft.title=Go%C3%B0afoss+fri%C3%B0l%C3%BDstur&amp;rft.description=Go%C3%B0afoss+fri%C3%B0l%C3%BDstur&amp;rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruv.is%2Ffrett%2F2020%2F06%2F11%2Fgodafoss-fridlystur&amp;rft.language=is">&nbsp;</span></span>
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