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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -20.2739,Lat: 63.4425
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	11:18:10am
At island	Heimaey
Name province/region	Vestmannaeyjabær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hvolsvöllur	34.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Hella	44.5 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stokkseyri	58.3 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Vík	62.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Eyrarbakki	62.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	110 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	702 km	EastSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1228 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vestmannaeyjar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Skúmsstaðavatn (2.2 km² at a distance of 29.7 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Heimaey. The distance to the mainland is 969.4 km.

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Eldfell (Submarine volcano ) at a distance of 1.4 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, 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 128 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8.3 km2

60.7%

Urban area

1.8 km2

13.5%

Infrastructure

1 km2

7.2%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

13.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vestmannaeyjar in country Iceland

Vestmannaeyjar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Surtsey	Iceland	23 km	WestSouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	98 km	North
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	210 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vestmannaeyjar

Type of weather in Vestmannaeyjar	fog
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:05 Europe/Amsterdam