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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -22.0002,Lat: 64.1564
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	2:19:20am
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Seltjarnarnesbær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	5.1 km	SouthEast
2 Álftanes	5.3 km	SouthWest
3 Kópavogur	7.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Garðabær	8.1 km	South
5 Hafnarfjörður	9.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	5.1 km	SouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	796 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1342 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Seltjarnarnes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Elliðavatn (1.7 km² at a distance of 12 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Kistufell with a height of 909 meter (at a distance of 21.3 km and direction East).The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Krýsuvík (Crater rows) at a distance of 26.1 km (direction SouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 47%, low location: 53%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Keflavik International Airport (at a distance of 35 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 4.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.6 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

1.8 km2

12.7%

Agriculture

0.7 km2

4.6%

Urban area

7.2 km2

50.3%

Infrastructure

2.1 km2

14.8%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Seltjarnarnes in country Iceland

Seltjarnarnes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	48 km	EastSouthEast
2 Surtsey	Iceland	117 km	South
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	250 km	EastSouthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at

Type of weather in
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	mb
Humidity:	%
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam