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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -20.9965,Lat: 63.9322
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	22:42:23pm
Population	7000 (9th largest city in country)
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Sveitarfélagið Árborg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Árbæjarhverfi	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Eyrarbakki	10.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Stokkseyri	11.3 km	SouthWest
4 Hveragerði	11.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Þorlákshöfn	20.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	49 km	NorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	744 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1289 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 km (direction SouthWest).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 Hestvatn (7 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hengill with a height of 803 meter (at a distance of 23.1 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Grímsnes (Crater rows) at a distance of 12.7 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 92%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 78 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 50 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

37.7 km2

48%

Wet nature

12.7 km2

16.1%

Agriculture

17.8 km2

22.6%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.4%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Selfoss in country Iceland

Selfoss at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	36 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	73 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	212 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Selfoss

Type of weather in Selfoss	clear sky
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	16 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	07:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:33 Europe/Amsterdam