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Hvolsvöllur

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -20.2323,Lat: 63.7492
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	12:41:07pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Rangárþing eystra
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hella	12.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vestmannaeyjar	34.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sólheimar	40.5 km	North
4 Stokkseyri	41.5 km	NorthWest
5 Selfoss	42.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	91 km	NorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	704 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1247 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Skúmsstaðavatn (2.2 km² at a distance of 12.6 km in Western direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Eyjafjallajökull (Stratovolcano) at a distance of 32.6 km (direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

22.3 km2

28.4%

Wet nature

22.7 km2

28.9%

Agriculture

28 km2

35.6%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

3.4 km2

4.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hvolsvöllur in country Iceland

Hvolsvöllur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Surtsey	Iceland	54 km	SouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	68 km	North
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	188 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hvolsvollur

Type of weather in Hvolsvollur	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:	9 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	10:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:00 Europe/Amsterdam