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Drangsnes

General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country Northwest
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -21.4411,Lat: 65.6903 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time12:21:28pm
At islandIceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)Kaldrananeshreppur
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hólmavík11.1 km WestNorthWest
2 Hvammstangi39.5 km South
3 Reykhólar44.7 km West
4 Laugarbakki47.3 km South
5 Blönduós52.8 km EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland177 km SouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands817 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1428 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Drangsnes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Urriðavötn (1.3 km2 at a distance of 5.9 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hólsfjall with a height of 451 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 89%, hill: 11%, 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 201 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ísafjörður Airport (at a distance of 86 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   24.4 km2 
 84.6% 
 Wet nature   1.6 km2 
 5.6% 
 Agriculture   1.9 km2 
 6.4% 
 Water - Lakes   1 km2 
 3.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Drangsnes in country Iceland


Drangsnes at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Drangsnes Iceland Location marker for Drangsnes

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


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Þingvellir National ParkIceland163 km SouthSouthWest
2 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland244 km SouthEast
3 SurtseyIceland271 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Northwest

Type of weather in Northwestovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1009 mb
Humidity: 82 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:9 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :10:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:58 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Northwest - IS (longitude: -21.4411, latitude: 65.6903)
Distance weather station to place (direction