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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -21.6911,Lat: 64.1667
Elevation	42 meter above sea level
Local time	7:11:04am
Population	9000 (6th largest city in country)
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Mosfellsbær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grundarhverfi	10.8 km	North
2 Reykjavík	10.9 km	West
3 Kópavogur	11.6 km	West
4 Garðabær	13.8 km	West
5 Seltjarnarnes	14.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	11 km	West
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	781 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1331 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Mosfellsbær lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Reynisvatn (0.8 km² at a distance of 3.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kistufell with a height of 909 meter (at a distance of 9.6 km and direction NorthEast).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Hengill (Crater rows) at a distance of 17.5 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 88%, hill: 10%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 49 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

1.7%

Nature

38.1 km2

53.5%

Wet nature

3.1 km2

4.3%

Agriculture

11.6 km2

16.2%

Urban area

8.6 km2

12.1%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mosfellsbær in country Iceland

Mosfellsbær at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	33 km	East
2 Surtsey	Iceland	110 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	236 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mosfellsbaer

Type of weather in Mosfellsbaer	few clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	16 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:47 Europe/Amsterdam