Hotels at Borgarnes booking.com

Borgarnes

Booking.com

Borgarnes

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -21.9106,Lat: 64.5446
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	17:43:04pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Borgarbyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hvanneyri	7.1 km	East
2 Akranes	26.4 km	SouthWest
3 Bifröst	30.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Grundarhverfi	34.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Mosfellsbær	43.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	46 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	800 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1364 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Borgarnes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Heyvatn (2.2 km² at a distance of 10.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Ljósufjöll (Fissure vent) at a distance of 39.3 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 73%, hill: 9%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 47 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

18.8 km2

28%

Wet nature

34.4 km2

51.3%

Agriculture

5.7 km2

8.4%

Urban area

1.6 km2

2.4%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Borgarnes in country Iceland

Borgarnes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	52 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	152 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	239 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Borgarnes
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Borgarnes
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Borgarnes

Type of weather in Borgarnes	light snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	4 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	11:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam