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Hellissandur

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.8828,Lat: 64.915
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	13:30:55pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Snæfellsbær
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rif	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ólafsvík	8.4 km	SouthEast
3 Grundarfjörður	29.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Stykkishólmur	57.3 km	East
5 Patreksfjörður	77.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	127 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	899 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1463 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hellissandur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Hraunsfjarðarvatn (2.3 km² at a distance of 43.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jökulþúfur with a height of 1446 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction South).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Snæfellsjökull (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 13.7 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, 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 120 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 126 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

31.2 km2

82.1%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

4.9%

Urban area

1.5 km2

3.8%

Rock-Sand

2.8 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hellissandur in country Iceland

Hellissandur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	152 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	238 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	331 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Olafsvik

Type of weather in Olafsvik	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	9 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	10:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:11 Europe/Amsterdam