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Stuðlagil

Stuðlagil from directly overhead

Stuðlagil is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 357 m. Hraungarður stands 994 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stuðlafoss, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Ring Road passes 9.5 miles off.

The story

ravine in Jökuldalur, Eastern Region of Iceland

Wikidata Q97260351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates65.16233, -15.30812

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Þórfell: 4.2 mi
  • Eiríksstaðahneflar: 4.5 mi
  • Hnefill: 4.9 mi
  • Kiðufell: 6.6 mi
  • Stóra-Svalbarð: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 17
Cliffs: 9
  • Hafrahvammagljúfur: 16.9 mi
  • Hafrahvammagljúfur: 18.1 mi
  • Hafrahvammagljúfur: 18.4 mi
  • Hafrahvammagljúfur: 18.6 mi
  • Hafrahvammagljúfur: 18.8 mi
Museums: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Cable Box: 15.4 mi
  • Guttormslundur: 16.3 mi
  • Cableway: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Minningarmörk úr hofnum kirkjugarðsi: 13.8 mi
  • Expatriates to Canada: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 1
Springs: 1
  • Laugarfellslaug: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Stuðlagil. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HraungarðurSE 132°994 m19.0 mi
ÞríhyrningurW 269°957 m11.3 mi
HnefillWSW 255°947 m4.9 mi
ÁlftadalsfjallWSW 244°910 m20.2 mi
SauðafellSSW 197°906 m20.0 mi
ÞrælahálsSSW 193°891 m15.4 mi
SandfellNNE 13°888 m18.7 mi
EyvindarfjöllSSW 199°884 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:1019:16
June solstice01:5621:5100:12
September equinox06:4418:0019:06
December solstice11:16—14:44

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4356487496

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