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Silfra

Silfra from directly overhead

Silfra is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Syðstasúla stands 1,093 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Grynningar, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 17 miles off.

The story

water-filled rift in Iceland between the North American an Eurasion tectonic plates

Wikidata Q2286006, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates64.25519, -21.11694

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Stórhöfði: 1.3 mi
  • Selfjall: 2.5 mi
  • Arnarfell: 2.9 mi
  • Bæjarfell: 3.5 mi
  • Orustuhóll: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 38
Attractions: 33
Cliffs: 26
  • Fjósagjá: 0.1 mi
  • Fjósagjá: 0.1 mi
  • Túngjá: 0.1 mi
  • Skötugjá: 0.2 mi
  • Seiglugjá: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 26
Springs: 25
  • Mud Pot: 11.9 mi
  • Mud Pot: 12.0 mi
  • Mud Pot: 12.0 mi
  • Mud Pot: 12.0 mi
  • Mud Pot: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Parks: 13
  • Yndisskógur: 16.1 mi
  • Skrúðgarðurinn: 17.6 mi
  • Hallsteinsgarður: 21.7 mi
  • Tryggvagarður: 22.3 mi
  • Sigtúnsgarður: 22.3 mi
Hot springs: 12
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guðmundarlundur: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Silfra. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SyðstasúlaNNW 347°1,093 m5.8 mi
MiðsúlaN 351°1,086 m6.3 mi
VestursúlaNNW 343°1,086 m7.0 mi
HáasúlaN 353°1,023 m7.2 mi
SúlnabergN 358°954 m6.5 mi
SkefilfjöllENE 71°897 m10.3 mi
KlukkutindarENE 70°880 m11.7 mi
KálfstindarE 85°877 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:3519:39
June solstice02:5022:0500:04
September equinox07:0718:2519:29
December solstice11:22—15:25

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/1817672135

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