Hotels at Vík booking.com

Vík

Booking.com

Vík

General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -19.0071,Lat: 63.4198
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	19:34:17pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region	Mýrdalshreppur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vestmannaeyjar	62.6 km	WestNorthWest
2 Kirkjubæjarklaustur	64.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Hvolsvöllur	70.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hella	82.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Flúðir	101.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	161 km	NorthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	639 km	EastSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1177 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Northeast Atlantic Ocean coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Heiðarvatn (2.1 km² at a distance of 4.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest vulcano (within 50 km) is the Katla (subglacial volcano) at a distance of 23.7 km (direction NorthNorthEast).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 57%, hill: 30%, 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 186 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

30.2 km2

59.5%

Wet nature

5 km2

9.9%

Agriculture

8.5 km2

16.8%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

2.6 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

3.8 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vík in country Iceland

Vík at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Surtsey	Iceland	80 km	WestNorthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	135 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	168 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Vík
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Vík
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vik

Type of weather in Vik	few clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	51 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	16 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	06:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:27 Europe/Amsterdam