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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -18.0102,Lat: 66.5375
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	10:51:59am
At island	Grímsey
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Akureyrarkaupstaður

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Siglufjörður	60 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ólafsfjörður	60.5 km	SouthWest
3 Húsavík	61.8 km	South
4 Hrísey	65.2 km	SouthWest
5 Grenivík	67 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	328 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	732 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1393 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Grímsey lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Héðinsfjarðarvatn (1.4 km² at a distance of 58.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Grímsey. The distance to the mainland is 1091.7 km.

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Kolbeinsey (Submarine volcano ) at a distance of 25.8 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, 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 362 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

3.7 km2

81.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

10.6%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Grímsey in country Iceland

Grímsey 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	225 km	South
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	295 km	SouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	386 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Miðgarðar

Type of weather in Miðgarðar	light snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	4 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	11:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:25 Europe/Amsterdam