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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -20.6427,Lat: 64.0655
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	21:44:17pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Laugarás	9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Reykholt	16.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Flúðir	17.3 km	East
4 Laugarvatn	17.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Selfoss	23 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	61 km	NorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	730 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1284 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 32 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 2.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Grímsnes (Crater rows) at a distance of 11.8 km (direction West).
Elevation around place: low location: 95%, hill: 5%, 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 95 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Reykjavik Airport (at a distance of 63 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

34.1 km2

43.4%

Wet nature

21.5 km2

27.3%

Agriculture

11.5 km2

14.6%

Rock-Sand

4.9 km2

6.3%

Water - Lakes

6.4 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sólheimar in country Iceland

Sólheimar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	28 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Surtsey	Iceland	86 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	191 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sólheimar
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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:	4.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	16 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	07:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:32 Europe/Amsterdam