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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.3366,Lat: 66.1981
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	3:16:34am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Langanesbyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bakkafjörður	29.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Raufarhöfn	39.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Kópasker	50.5 km	NorthWest
4 Vopnafjörður	54.3 km	South
5 Húsavík	92.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	388 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	618 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1295 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Þórshöfn lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Kollavíkurvatn (1.4 km² at a distance of 20.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kistufjall with a height of 444 meter (at a distance of 13.3 km and direction East).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 11%, low location: 89%, 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 425 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Húsavík Airport (at a distance of 99 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

34.5 km2

79.4%

Wet nature

4.6 km2

10.6%

Agriculture

2.1 km2

4.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.8%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Þórshöfn in country Iceland

Þórshöfn 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	197 km	SouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	347 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	414 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Raufarhofn

Type of weather in Raufarhofn	broken clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	17 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:37 Europe/Amsterdam