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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.1208,Lat: 66.1101
Elevation	145 meter above sea level
Local time	5:18:00am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Ísafjarðarbær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ísafjörður	4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bolungarvík	7.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Súðavík	10 km	South
4 Suðureyri	18.2 km	NorthWest
5 Flateyri	19 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	228 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	905 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1515 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hnífsdalur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Syðradalsvatn (1.1 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 30%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 23%, 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 240 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ísafjörður Airport (at a distance of 5.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

33.8 km2

81.5%

Agriculture

0.8 km2

Urban area

1 km2

2.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

5.7 km2

13.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hnífsdalur in country Iceland

Hnífsdalur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	228 km	South
2 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	332 km	SouthEast
3 Surtsey	Iceland	335 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Isafjordur

Type of weather in Isafjordur	clear sky
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	16 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	07:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:57 Europe/Amsterdam