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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.2088,Lat: 64.2551
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:56:42pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nesjahverfi	6.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Djúpivogur	63.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Breiðdalsvík	84.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Stöðvarfjörður	91.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Fáskrúðsfjörður	95.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	323 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	488 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1115 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Höfn lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Innstavatn (0.6 km² at a distance of 25.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 81%, low location: 18%, hill: 1%, The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 359 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Hornafjörður Airport (at a distance of 4.6 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

1.2 km2

Wet nature

28.6 km2

47.2%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

14.3%

Urban area

1 km2

1.6%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

4.3 km2

7.2%

Water - Lakes

15.5 km2

25.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Höfn in country Iceland

Höfn 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 Ice	Iceland	87 km	NorthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	280 km	WestNorthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	287 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hofn

Type of weather in Hofn	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.05 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	16 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:08 Europe/Amsterdam