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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -20.3214,Lat: 64.1308
Elevation	83 meter above sea level
Local time	13:06:58pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Hrunamannahreppur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reykholt	8.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Laugarás	8.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 Sólheimar	17.3 km	West
4 Laugarvatn	21.9 km	NorthWest
5 Hella	33.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	76 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	716 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1277 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Hvita, Blanda, Austari-Jokulsa, Thjorsa, Skjalfandafjot, Jokulsa a Flollum, part of the larger catchment area Icelandic basins. The nearest bigger lake is Apavatn (13.8 km² at a distance of 15.2 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Grímsnes (Crater rows) at a distance of 29.1 km (direction West).
Elevation around place: low location: 93%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 112 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 78 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

28.4 km2

36.2%

Wet nature

13.6 km2

17.3%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

39.1%

Urban area

1.6 km2

2.1%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Flúðir in country Iceland

Flúðir at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	37 km	NorthWest
2 Surtsey	Iceland	95 km	SouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	173 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Selfoss

Type of weather in Selfoss	clear sky
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.19 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	11:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:04 Europe/Amsterdam