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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -20.7337,Lat: 64.2179
Elevation	127 meter above sea level
Local time	6:43:56am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Bláskógabyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reykholt	14.5 km	SouthEast
2 Laugarás	15.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sólheimar	17.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Flúðir	21.9 km	SouthEast
5 Hveragerði	33.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	57 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	737 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1298 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Hvita, Blanda, Austari-Jokulsa, Thjorsa, Skjalfandafjot, Jokulsa a Flollum, part of the larger catchment area Icelandic basins. The nearest bigger lake is Laugarvatn (2.3 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skjaldbreiður with a height of 1060 meter (at a distance of 21.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Grímsnes (Crater rows) at a distance of 22.3 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 64%, hill: 21%, low mountains: 16%, 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 95 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 59 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.4%

Nature

50.5 km2

64.3%

Wet nature

12.3 km2

15.7%

Agriculture

5.9 km2

7.5%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

3.5 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laugarvatn in country Iceland

Laugarvatn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	15 km	NorthWest
2 Surtsey	Iceland	103 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	189 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hveragerdi

Type of weather in Hveragerdi	few clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	16 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:43 Europe/Amsterdam