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Ísafjörður

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -23.1252,Lat: 66.0747
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	22:13:09pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Ísafjarðarbær
Wiki-website Subregion ()

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hnífsdalur	4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Súðavík	7.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bolungarvík	10.7 km	North
4 Flateyri	17.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Suðureyri	18.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	225 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	903 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1513 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ísafjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Syðradalsvatn (1.1 km² at a height of around 2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 35%, hill: 45%, low mountains: 17%, 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 237 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ísafjörður Airport (at a distance of 1.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

55.1 km2

87%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

1.3 km2

Urban area

1.3 km2

2.1%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

4.1 km2

6.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ísafjörður in country Iceland

Ísafjörður at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	225 km	South
2 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	330 km	SouthEast
3 Surtsey	Iceland	332 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ísafjörður
	TikTok
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Isafjordur

Type of weather in Isafjordur	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	987 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 12 October 2026:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	10:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:19 Europe/Amsterdam