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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -18.3547,Lat: 65.9448
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	8:04:26am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Dalvíkurbyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hauganes	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Hrísey	4 km	North
3 Grenivík	7.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Dalvík	8.6 km	NorthWest
5 Ólafsfjörður	19.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	266 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	707 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1352 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Árskógssandur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ólafsfjarðarvatn (2.4 km² at a distance of 18.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kaldbakur with a height of 1167 meter (at a distance of 10.1 km and direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 71%, hill: 16%, low mountains: 9%, 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 301 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

24.2 km2

68%

Agriculture

9.8 km2

27.3%

Urban area

0.6 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

1.1 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Árskógssandur in country Iceland

Árskógssandur at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	166 km	South
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	230 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	318 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dalvik

Type of weather in Dalvik	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	4 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	11:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam