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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -15.9504,Lat: 66.4543
Elevation	16 meter above sea level
Local time	9:45:48am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Norðurþing

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kópasker	28.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Þórshöfn	39.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bakkafjörður	68.5 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Húsavík	78.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Grímsey	91.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	384 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	657 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1334 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Raufarhöfn lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Ólafsvatn (1.3 km² at a distance of 4.2 km in Western direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, 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 420 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Húsavík Airport (at a distance of 88 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

30.3 km2

61.6%

Wet nature

14.8 km2

30.1%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.5%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

6.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Raufarhöfn in country Iceland

Raufarhöfn 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	216 km	SouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	345 km	WestSouthWest
3 Surtsey	Iceland	421 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Raufarhofn

Type of weather in Raufarhofn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	4 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	11:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:11 Europe/Amsterdam