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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -17.361,Lat: 65.7214
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	9:48:19am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Þingeyjarsveit

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjahlíð	22.3 km	SouthEast
2 Svalbarðseyri	33 km	WestNorthWest
3 Akureyri	34.2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Kristnes	36.4 km	West
5 Húsavík	36.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	281 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	656 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1304 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 30 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 Vestmannsvatn (2.5 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Háafell with a height of 918 meter (at a distance of 20.6 km and direction West).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Krafla (Caldera) at a distance of 26.5 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: low location: 46%, hill: 54%, 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 318 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Húsavík Airport (at a distance of 26 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Nature

64.7 km2

82.3%

Wet nature

3.5 km2

4.5%

Agriculture

9.2 km2

11.7%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Laugar in country Iceland

Laugar 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	130 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	241 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	316 km	SouthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Laugar
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Northeast

Type of weather in Northeast	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	5 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	11:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam