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Hrafnagilshverfi

General information - Location

CountryIceland
Location in country Northeast
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -18.0954,Lat: 65.5708 marker
Elevation25 meter above sea level
Local time16:04:04pm
At islandIceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)Eyjafjarðarsveit
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Kristnes2.9 km NorthNorthEast
2 Akureyri12.6 km NorthNorthEast
3 Svalbarðseyri19.4 km NorthNorthEast
4 Laugar38 km East
5 Hauganes40.5 km NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 ReykjavíkIceland244 km WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands676 km SouthEast
3 Glasgow   Scotland1313 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 10 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ljósavatn (3 km2 at a distance of 24 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kerling with a height of 1538 meter (at a distance of 8.5 km and direction WestNorthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 53%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high 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 281 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Akureyri Airport (at a distance of 10 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   0.3 km2 
 0.3% 
 Nature   36.6 km2 
 46.5% 
 Wet nature   12.7 km2 
 16.2% 
 Agriculture   23.3 km2 
 29.7% 
 Urban area   0.2 km2 
 0.3% 
 Rock-Sand   3.8 km2 
 4.8% 
 Water - Lakes   1.7 km2 
 2.1% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hrafnagilshverfi in country Iceland


Hrafnagilshverfi at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Hrafnagilshverfi Iceland Location marker for Hrafnagilshverfi

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


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland124 km South
2 Þingvellir National ParkIceland205 km WestSouthWest
3 SurtseyIceland284 km SouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Kaupangur

Type of weather in Kaupangurbroken clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: North
Air pressure: 1005 mb
Humidity: 70 %
Daylength at 11 October 2026:10 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :09:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:04 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Kaupangur - IS (longitude: -18.0954, latitude: 65.5708)
Distance weather station to place (direction