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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -22.056,Lat: 64.3204
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	12:30:07pm
Population	7000 (8th largest city in country)
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Akraneskaupstaður

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grundarhverfi	13.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Seltjarnarnes	18.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Reykjavík	21.8 km	South
4 Álftanes	23.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Mosfellsbær	24.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	22 km	South
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	801 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1355 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Akranes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Grunnuvötn (1.3 km² at a distance of 19.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kistufell with a height of 909 meter (at a distance of 22.6 km and direction SouthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Hengill (Crater rows) at a distance of 37.9 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 33%, low location: 57%, hill: 10%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 22 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

4 km2

14.7%

Wet nature

2.1 km2

7.8%

Agriculture

16.6 km2

61.2%

Urban area

2.3 km2

8.6%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Akranes in country Iceland

Akranes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	49 km	SouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	133 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	249 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Akranes

Type of weather in Akranes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	15 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:17 Europe/Amsterdam