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Minnisvarði um drukknaða sjómenn

Minnisvarði um drukknaða sjómenn from directly overhead

Minnisvarði um drukknaða sjómenn is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Smjörfjöll stands 1,251 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Íslendingar sem fóru frá Vopnafirði til Vesturheims, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
2005
Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.75273, -14.82746
Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
  • Brúnkollutangi: 2.0 mi
  • Selfjall: 3.5 mi
  • Torfastaðanúpur: 4.4 mi
  • Kjalhraun: 5.2 mi
  • Bæjaröxl: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Íslendingar sem fóru frá Vopnafirði til Vesturheims: 0.0 mi
  • Gunnar Gunnarsson skáld: 0.2 mi
  • Nýibær: 14.6 mi
  • Kristján Einarsson: 20.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Museums: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Minnisvarði um drukknaða sjómenn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SmjörfjöllS 174°1,251 m12.3 mi
Syðri-HágangurWNW 295°952 m11.0 mi
Ytri-HágangurNW 318°923 m12.6 mi
StakfellWNW 282°891 m23.3 mi
NáttmálahnjúkurSSE 148°890 m11.4 mi
SandfellSSW 203°888 m24.6 mi
HrútafjöllWSW 253°870 m21.2 mi
MælifellWSW 256°845 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:0719:14
June solsticeMidnight sun——
September equinox06:4217:5719:04
December solstice11:28—14:28

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2946113759

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