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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -14.0142,Lat: 65.0712
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:02:07pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Fjarðabyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reyðarfjörður	10.6 km	West
2 Fáskrúðsfjörður	15.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Neskaupstaður	18.1 km	East
4 Seyðisfjörður	21.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Stöðvarfjörður	27.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	391 km	West
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	490 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1158 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Eskifjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Lagarfljót (54.1 km² at a distance of 27.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Þórisfjall with a height of 1201 meter (at a distance of 21.3 km and direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 23%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 12%, 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 429 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Egilsstaðir Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

51 km2

79.7%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

2.5%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.4%

Rock-Sand

10.5 km2

16.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eskifjörður in country Iceland

Eskifjörður 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	148 km	West
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	347 km	West
3 Surtsey	Iceland	378 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Reydarfjordur

Type of weather in Reydarfjordur	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	10:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam