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Egilsstaðir

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -14.4078,Lat: 65.2613
Elevation	40 meter above sea level
Local time	22:14:14pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Fljótsdalshérað
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fellabær	2.5 km	North
2 Seyðisfjörður	18.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Reyðarfjörður	26.9 km	South
4 Eskifjörður	27.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Neskaupstaður	36.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	379 km	West
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	518 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1185 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Lagarfljót (54.1 km² at a distance of 0.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: low location: 88%, hill: 12%, low mountains: 0%, 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 417 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Egilsstaðir Airport (at a distance of 2.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.7 km2

13.7%

Nature

44.7 km2

57%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

9.7 km2

12.3%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

8.7 km2

11%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Egilsstaðir in country Iceland

Egilsstaðir 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	141 km	WestSouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	335 km	West
3 Surtsey	Iceland	374 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Egilsstadir

Type of weather in Egilsstadir	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 12 October 2026:	10 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	09:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:46 Europe/Amsterdam