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General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country East
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -14.0142,Lat: 65.0712 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time20:48:07pm
At islandIceland
Name province/regionFjarðabyggð

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Reyðarfjörður10.6 km West
2 Fáskrúðsfjörður15.8 km SouthSouthWest
3 Neskaupstaður18.1 km East
4 Seyðisfjörður21.2 km NorthNorthEast
5 Stöðvarfjörður27.3 km South

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland391 km West
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands490 km SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1158 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Eskifjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Lagarfljót (54.1 km2 at a distance of 27.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Þórisfjall with a height of 1201 meter (at a distance of 21.3 km and direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 23%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 12%, 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 429 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Egilsstaðir Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   51 km2 
 79.7% 
 Agriculture   1.6 km2 
 2.5% 
 Urban area   0.9 km2 
 1.4% 
 Rock-Sand   10.5 km2 
 16.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Eskifjörður in country Iceland


Eskifjörður at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland148 km West
2 Þingvellir National ParkIceland347 km West
3 SurtseyIceland378 km West


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Reydarfjordur

Type of weather in Reydarfjordurlight snow weericoon
Current temperature: 0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1008 mb
Humidity: 96 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:13 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:36 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Reydarfjordur - IS (longitude: -14.0142, latitude: 65.0712)
Distance weather station to place (direction ONO): 0 Kilometers

22:00
-1 degrees
1008 mbar
light snowweericoon
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1008 mbar
light snowweericoon
4:00
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1008 mbar
snowweericoon
7:00
-1 degrees
1008 mbar
light snowweericoon
10:00
-1 degrees
1008 mbar
snowweericoon
13:00
-1 degrees
1008 mbar
light snowweericoon
16:00
-2 degrees
1009 mbar
light snowweericoon
19:00
-2 degrees
1009 mbar
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