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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.8161,Lat: 64.9233
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	2:01:47am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Snæfellsbær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hellissandur	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ólafsvík	5.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Grundarfjörður	25.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Stykkishólmur	54 km	East
5 Patreksfjörður	76.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	125 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	896 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1461 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rif lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Hraunsfjarðarvatn (2.3 km² at a distance of 40 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jökulþúfur with a height of 1446 meter (at a distance of 13.6 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Snæfellsjökull (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 14 km (direction SouthSouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 90%, hill: 8%, 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 119 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 125 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

24.3 km2

82.8%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

6.3%

Urban area

0.9 km2

3.1%

Rock-Sand

1.5 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rif in country Iceland

Rif at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	150 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	237 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	328 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Rif
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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	16 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	00:01 Europe/Amsterdam