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Útlagar

Útlagar from directly overhead

Útlagar is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tónlistarsafn Íslands, a museum 0.1 miles away. Ring Road passes 5.0 miles off.

A man who had been convicted of a crime and fled with his wife and child into the highlands of Iceland.... The work depicts the man carrying the lifeless body of his wife on his back, their child in his arms.

What the record says

Built
1901

How to reach it

Coordinates64.14323, -21.94839

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Tómas Guðmundsson: 0.1 mi
  • Úr álögum: 0.1 mi
  • Landnámskonan: 0.1 mi
  • Piltur og stúlka (Kata og Stebbi): 0.2 mi
  • Skúlptúr: 0.2 mi
Peaks
  • Öskjuhlíð: 1.3 mi
  • Laugarás: 2.5 mi
  • Nónhæð: 3.6 mi
  • Hnoðraholt: 4.0 mi
  • Hvarfshólar: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Búrfoss: 3.5 mi
  • Sjávarfoss: 3.5 mi
  • Ullarfoss: 3.8 mi
  • Skáfossar: 4.1 mi
  • Stórifoss: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 51
Nature reserves: 39
  • Valhúsahæð: 1.6 mi
  • Fossvogsbakkar: 2.0 mi
  • Akurey: 2.0 mi
  • Borgir: 2.4 mi
  • Laugarás: 2.5 mi
Parks: 38
Springs: 25
  • Skátalaug: 16.8 mi
  • Hot spring: 19.5 mi
  • Mud Pot: 20.5 mi
  • Mud Pot: 20.6 mi
  • Mud Pot: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Virkið: 2.9 mi
  • Gálgaklettar: 3.4 mi
  • Langahlíð: 12.6 mi
  • Lambafellsgjá: 13.5 mi
  • Lambafellsgjá: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Vífilsstaðahlíð: 6.1 mi
  • Hjallaflatir: 7.2 mi
Hot springs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Langisandur: 12.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Útlagar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
EsjaNE 51°914 m11.2 mi
HátindurNE 56°909 m12.5 mi
KambshornNE 43°851 m8.8 mi
GunnlaugsskarðENE 56°843 m10.9 mi
ÞverfellshornNE 49°840 m9.5 mi
HáihnúkurN 360°553 m12.1 mi
MelahnúkurNNE 29°537 m11.0 mi
JökulbungaN 4°527 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3018:3919:42
June solstice02:5622:0700:05
September equinox07:1118:2919:32
December solstice11:23—15:30

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1481064591

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