Historic site · Iceland

Lífsbjörg

Lífsbjörg from directly overhead

Lífsbjörg is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Halldór stands 1,100 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Slippurinn, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription: Minnisvarði um drukknaða sjómenn frá Siglufirði

Getting there

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Coordinates66.14907, -18.90501

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Hafnarhyrna: 1.1 mi
Staðarhólshnjúkur: 1.5 mi
Snókur: 1.6 mi
Hestskarðshnjúkur: 1.8 mi
Strákar: 1.9 mi

Historic sites12

Hafliði Guðmundsson: 0.1 mi
Sildarstulkan: 0.2 mi
Bjarni Þorsteinsson: 0.2 mi
Skarðdalskot: 1.8 mi
Vatnsendi: 3.9 mi

Museums11

Slippurinn: 0.0 mi
Þjóðlagasetur sr. Bjarna Þorsteinssonar: 0.1 mi
Saga Fotografica: 0.2 mi
Ljóðasetur Íslands: 0.2 mi
Síldarminjasafnið: 0.3 mi

Waterfalls5

Leyningsfoss: 1.8 mi
Þverá;waterfull: 10.2 mi
Mígandifoss: 12.0 mi
waterfull: 12.4 mi
Reykjafoss: 12.4 mi

Attractions4

SI-152: 0.1 mi
Mígandifoss: 12.0 mi
Bjórböðin: 20.7 mi
Grafarkirkja: 23.3 mi

Nature reserves2

Böggvistaðafjall: 15.4 mi
Svarfaðardalur: 17.3 mi

Artworks1

Gústi Guðsmaður: 0.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Lífsbjörg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Halldór	SSE 149°	1,100 m	12.9 mi
Kerahnjúkur	SE 132°	1,097 m	11.4 mi
Kistufjall	SE 126°	1,070 m	11.1 mi
Jökulkollur	SE 136°	1,045 m	12.0 mi
Bassi	SE 134°	1,001 m	11.7 mi
Karlsárfjall	SE 132°	988 m	13.1 mi
Bræðraleið	SSE 147°	964 m	12.1 mi
Breiðarfjall	S 179°	961 m	12.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:18	18:22	19:30
June solstice	Midnight sun	—	—
September equinox	06:58	18:13	19:21
December solstice	11:56	—	14:33

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2936915389

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