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Flateyri

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.5093,Lat: 66.0463
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	12:59:50pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Ísafjarðarbær
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Suðureyri	9.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bolungarvík	17.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ísafjörður	17.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Hnífsdalur	19 km	East
5 Þingeyri	19.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	226 km	South
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	918 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1524 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Flateyri lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Syðradalsvatn (1.1 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.3 km in Eastern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 22%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 38%, 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 235 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ísafjörður Airport (at a distance of 17 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

41.8 km2

78%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

Agriculture

3.1 km2

5.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

6.8 km2

12.8%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Flateyri in country Iceland

Flateyri at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	230 km	South
2 Surtsey	Iceland	335 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	344 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Isafjordur

Type of weather in Isafjordur	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	10:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:05 Europe/Amsterdam