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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -18.0871,Lat: 65.5962
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	22:55:27pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Eyjafjarðarsveit

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hrafnagilshverfi	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Akureyri	9.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Svalbarðseyri	16.5 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Laugar	36.4 km	East
5 Hauganes	37.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	246 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	677 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1315 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 7 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ljósavatn (3 km² at a distance of 21.9 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kerling with a height of 1538 meter (at a distance of 9.8 km and direction West).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 51%, hill: 28%, low mountains: 11%, moderate high mountains: 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 283 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Akureyri Airport (at a distance of 7.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.3%

Nature

35.8 km2

45.6%

Wet nature

17.2 km2

21.9%

Agriculture

21.3 km2

27.1%

Urban area

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.3%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kristnes in country Iceland

Kristnes 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	126 km	South
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	207 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	287 km	SouthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Kristnes
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