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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.3439,Lat: 66.0474
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	13:00:39pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Norðurþing
Other place with same name 1	Húsavík Sandoy - Húsavík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Laugar	36.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Grenivík	39.8 km	West
3 Hauganes	45.8 km	West
4 Árskógssandur	47.3 km	West
5 Hrísey	47.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	306 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	676 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1332 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Húsavík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Höskuldsvatn (1.2 km² at a distance of 9.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Theistareykjarbunga (Shield volcano) at a distance of 29.5 km (direction SouthSouthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 60%, hill: 37%, 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 342 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Húsavík Airport (at a distance of 11 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

39.6 km2

84.7%

Wet nature

1 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

2.6 km2

5.5%

Urban area

2.2 km2

4.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Húsavík in country Iceland

Húsavík 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	166 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	268 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	348 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Húsavík
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Husavik

Type of weather in Husavik	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	11:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam