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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -18.6541,Lat: 66.0709
Elevation	19 meter above sea level
Local time	14:41:16pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Fjallabyggð

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dalvík	12 km	South
2 Siglufjörður	14.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Hrísey	16 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Árskógssandur	19.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Hauganes	22.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	268 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	726 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1371 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ólafsfjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ólafsfjarðarvatn (2.4 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kaldbakur with a height of 1167 meter (at a distance of 22.4 km and direction SouthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 27%, hill: 37%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 7%, 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 302 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

35 km2

49.6%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

1.5 km2

2.2%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Rock-Sand

29.5 km2

41.8%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ólafsfjörður in country Iceland

Ólafsfjörður 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	185 km	South
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	235 km	SouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	327 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Ólafsfjörður
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Ólafsfjörður
	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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	11:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:34 Europe/Amsterdam