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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -18.3763,Lat: 65.9791
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	13:36:23pm
At island	Hrísey
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Akureyrarkaupstaður

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Árskógssandur	4 km	South
2 Hauganes	7 km	South
3 Dalvík	7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Grenivík	9.4 km	SouthEast
5 Ólafsfjörður	16 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	268 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	710 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1355 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hrísey lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Ólafsfjarðarvatn (2.4 km² at a distance of 15.5 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Hrísey. The distance to the mainland is 1060 km.

The nearest mountain is Kaldbakur with a height of 1167 meter (at a distance of 9.1 km and direction East).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, hill: 1%, 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 303 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

12.3 km2

77.8%

Agriculture

2.9 km2

18.6%

Urban area

0.6 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hrísey in country Iceland

Hrísey 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	170 km	South
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	233 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	321 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dalvik

Type of weather in Dalvik	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	11:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam