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Fornleifasvæði

Fornleifasvæði from directly overhead

Fornleifasvæði is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Hlöðufell stands 1,186 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Skálholtskirkja, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 13 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates64.12499, -20.52462

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mosfell: 2.4 mi
  • Vörðufell: 3.2 mi
  • Miðfell: 5.7 mi
  • Alda: 7.0 mi
  • Þrándur: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 28
Springs: 28
  • Reykholtshver: 4.2 mi
  • Hrunalaug: 8.1 mi
  • Martinslaug: 15.7 mi
  • Mud Pot: 20.0 mi
  • Mud Pot: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Kerið: 12.3 mi
  • Gildruholtsgjá: 16.8 mi
  • Kræklugjá: 16.9 mi
  • Bæjargjá: 17.1 mi
  • Hlíðargjá: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 14
Hot springs: 11
  • Hrunalaug: 8.1 mi
  • Þvottahver: 14.4 mi
  • Sóði: 14.5 mi
  • Sísjóðandi: 14.5 mi
  • Smiður: 14.5 mi
Museums: 8
Parks: 5
  • Ungmennafélagsgarður: 6.2 mi
  • Yndisskógur: 8.0 mi
  • Tryggvagarður: 19.3 mi
  • Sigtúnsgarður: 19.5 mi
  • Skrúðgarðurinn: 21.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guðmundarlundur: 10.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Fornleifasvæði. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HlöðufellN 359°1,186 m20.4 mi
HögnhöfðiN 3°1,002 m16.1 mi
SkriðaNNW 343°946 m16.6 mi
RauðafellN 354°924 m13.9 mi
KálfstindurN 8°904 m18.1 mi
SkefilfjöllNNW 327°897 m14.8 mi
KlukkutindarNNW 332°880 m14.6 mi
KálfstindarNW 316°877 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:3319:36
June solstice02:5122:0223:58
September equinox07:0518:2319:26
December solstice11:1715:25

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/416574017

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