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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.7086,Lat: 64.8966
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	8:17:36am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Snæfellsbær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rif	5.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Hellissandur	8.4 km	NorthWest
3 Grundarfjörður	21.2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Stykkishólmur	50.5 km	East
5 Patreksfjörður	80 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	120 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	891 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1455 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ólafsvík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Hraunsfjarðarvatn (2.3 km² at a distance of 35.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jökulþúfur with a height of 1446 meter (at a distance of 11 km and direction SouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Snæfellsjökull (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 11.5 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 49%, hill: 47%, low 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 114 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 119 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

37.7 km2

89.2%

Wet nature

1 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.7%

Urban area

0.9 km2

2.1%

Rock-Sand

1.2 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ólafsvík in country Iceland

Ólafsvík at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	144 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	231 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	323 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ólafsvík
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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:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	16 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	00:00 Europe/Amsterdam