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Vatnsdalshólar

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Elevation, modelled
99 m
Tallest summit within 15.3 miles
Jörundarfell1,038 m · 4.2 mi
Nearest byway
Ring Roadon it
Sunset, March equinox
19:36local time
Coordinates
65.5018, -20.3788

Vatnsdalshólar is a attraction, at a modelled 99 m. Jörundarfell stands 1,038 m to the southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Þrístapar, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Ring Road runs past it.

Many small hills, breast-shaped is how Wikipedia describes them (they're not wrong), but you cannot seem to walk among them. It is on private grounds, fenced and gated.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Vatnsdalshólar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
JörundarfellSE 126°1,038 m4.2 mi
HrossakamburSSW 198°974 m8.1 mi
SvínafellSSW 193°971 m9.1 mi
SkessusætiSSW 205°938 m6.1 mi
Litla SnjófellSSW 193°933 m10.1 mi
SvarthamrarE 99°931 m7.0 mi
ÞrælsfellW 260°905 m12.8 mi
ÁsgeirsárhlassSSW 204°892 m9.4 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 25
Waterfalls: 8
Attractions: 2
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:3019:36
June solstice01:5722:1400:51
September equinox07:0418:2019:26
December solstice11:4414:57

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

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