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Hrossaborg

Hrossaborg from directly overhead

Hrossaborg is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 431 m. Ketilhyrnur stands 970 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kollhóll, a peak 6.4 miles away. Ring Road passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
40 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.61582, -16.26052
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Kollhóll: 6.4 mi
  • Tungufjöll: 7.0 mi
  • Austari-Skógarmannafjöll: 8.4 mi
  • Víðirhólsfjallgarður: 8.5 mi
  • Kollóttafjall: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 17
Waterfalls: 5
Nature reserves: 4
  • Dettifoss, Selfoss og Hafragilsfoss: 14.4 mi
  • Hverfjall: 17.6 mi
  • Dimmuborgir: 18.4 mi
  • Seljahjallagil: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Gróður jarðar: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Trölliđ: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Hrossaborg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KetilhyrnurSW 225°970 m16.2 mi
BúrfellWSW 248°953 m11.9 mi
HaugsnibbaENE 60°930 m14.7 mi
Fremri-GrímsstaðanúpurSSE 151°881 m9.0 mi
SkuggadyngjaSW 225°870 m14.8 mi
GjáfjöllSSW 201°868 m16.9 mi
GrímsstaðakerlingE 79°859 m10.4 mi
ÞjóðfellsbungurESE 116°853 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:1319:20
June solstice01:3121:5900:44
September equinox06:4718:0319:10
December solstice11:30—14:37

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3699101238

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