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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -21.5498,Lat: 64.766
Elevation	86 meter above sea level
Local time	8:15:34am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Borgarbyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hvanneyri	25.4 km	SouthWest
2 Borgarnes	30.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Búðardalur	39.7 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Akranes	56.2 km	SouthWest
5 Grundarhverfi	60.8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	73 km	SouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	789 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1366 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Hreðavatn (1.3 km² at a distance of 1.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Ljósufjöll (Fissure vent) at a distance of 33.8 km (direction NorthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 65%, hill: 34%, low 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 102 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 75 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

3.8%

Nature

66.1 km2

84.2%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

4.6 km2

5.8%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bifröst in country Iceland

Bifröst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	62 km	South
2 Surtsey	Iceland	170 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	221 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at West

Type of weather in West	clear sky
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	5 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	11:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:56 Europe/Amsterdam