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General information - Location

Country	Iceland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -14.8291,Lat: 65.7534
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	16:35:49pm
At island	Iceland
Name province/region (Sveitarfélag)	Vopnafjarðarhreppur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bakkafjörður	31.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Þórshöfn	54.3 km	North
3 Fellabær	55.5 km	South
4 Egilsstaðir	58 km	South
5 Seyðisfjörður	66.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Reykjavík	Iceland	382 km	West
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	568 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	1241 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vopnafjörður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Iceland sea coastal catchments and small basins. The nearest bigger lake is Nípslón (4.7 km² at a distance of 1.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 24%, low location: 73%, hill: 3%, 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 West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Egilsstaðir Airport (at a distance of 56 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

34.6 km2

68.3%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

5.1 km2

10.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

3.6 km2

7.2%

Water - Lakes

5.7 km2

11.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vopnafjörður in country Iceland

Vopnafjörður 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	165 km	WestSouthWest
2 Þingvellir National Park	Iceland	339 km	West
3 Surtsey	Iceland	393 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vopnafjörður
	TikTok
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	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vopnafjordur

Type of weather in Vopnafjordur	light snow
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	11:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:23 Europe/Amsterdam