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General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country West
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -21.5498,Lat: 64.766 marker
Elevation86 meter above sea level
Local time20:01:36pm
At islandIceland
Name province/regionBorgarbyggð

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hvanneyri25.4 km SouthWest
2 Borgarnes30.6 km WestSouthWest
3 Búðardalur39.7 km NorthNorthEast
4 Akranes56.2 km SouthWest
5 Grundarhverfi60.8 km SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland73 km SouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands789 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1366 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Hreðavatn (1.3 km2 at a distance of 1.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Ljósufjöll (Fissure vent) at a distance of 33.8 km (direction NorthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 65%, hill: 34%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 102 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 75 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   3 km2 
 3.8% 
 Nature   66.1 km2 
 84.2% 
 Wet nature   1.6 km2 
 2% 
 Agriculture   4.6 km2 
 5.8% 
 Rock-Sand   1.4 km2 
 1.8% 
 Water - Lakes   1.1 km2 
 1.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Bifröst in country Iceland


Bifröst at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Þingvellir National ParkIceland62 km South
2 SurtseyIceland170 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland221 km EastSouthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at West

Type of weather in Westscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: -9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1007 mb
Humidity: 79 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:13 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:05 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

West - IS (longitude: -21.5498, latitude: 64.766)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNW): not known
22:00
-9 degrees
1008 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
1:00
-9 degrees
1008 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
4:00
-8 degrees
1008 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
7:00
-6 degrees
1009 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
10:00
-1 degrees
1009 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
13:00
-3 degrees
1010 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
16:00
-4 degrees
1011 mbar
clear skyweericoon
19:00
-7 degrees
1012 mbar
clear skyweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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