Southern Peninsula is a region in southwest
Iceland. The region has a population of more than 22,000 and is one of the more densely populated parts of the island. The administrative centre is
Keflavík, which had 7,000 residents when it merged with the nearby town of
Njarðvík several years ago to create
Reykjanesbær, which is the second largest settlement outside the
Greater Reykjavík area; on 1 January 2013 the town had a population of 14,231.