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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.2618,Lat: 64.9251
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	11:28:57am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Grundarfjarðarbær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ólafsvík	21.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Rif	25.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Hellissandur	29.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Stykkishólmur	30.6 km	East
5 Búðardalur	73.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	109 km	South
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	871 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1440 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grundarfjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Hraunsfjarðarvatn (2.3 km² at a distance of 14.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the (Pyroclastic cone) at a distance of 6.2 km (direction SouthSouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 41%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 0%, 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 110 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 108 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

43 km2

75.7%

Wet nature

4.1 km2

7.3%

Agriculture

2.7 km2

4.7%

Urban area

0.6 km2

1.1%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

4.7 km2

8.2%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grundarfjörður in country Iceland

Grundarfjörður at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	128 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	221 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	302 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Grundarfjörður
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olafsvik

Type of weather in Olafsvik	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	16 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	07:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:45 Europe/Amsterdam