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Bifröst

General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country West
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -21.5498,Lat: 64.766 marker
Elevation86 meter above sea level
Local time12:40:13pm
At islandIceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)Borgarbyggð
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hvanneyri25.4 km SouthWest
2 Borgarnes30.6 km WestSouthWest
3 Búðardalur39.7 km NorthNorthEast
4 Akranes56.2 km SouthWest
5 Grundarhverfi60.8 km SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland73 km SouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands789 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1366 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Hreðavatn (1.3 km2 at a distance of 1.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Ljósufjöll (Fissure vent) at a distance of 33.8 km (direction NorthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 65%, hill: 34%, low mountains: 2%, 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 102 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 75 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   3 km2 
 3.8% 
 Nature   66.1 km2 
 84.2% 
 Wet nature   1.6 km2 
 2% 
 Agriculture   4.6 km2 
 5.8% 
 Rock-Sand   1.4 km2 
 1.8% 
 Water - Lakes   1.1 km2 
 1.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bifröst in country Iceland


Bifröst at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Bifröst Iceland Location marker for Bifröst

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Þingvellir National ParkIceland62 km South
2 SurtseyIceland170 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland221 km EastSouthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at West

Type of weather in Westbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.8 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1013 mb
Humidity: 89 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:9 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :10:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:02 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

West - IS (longitude: -21.5498, latitude: 64.766)
Distance weather station to place (direction