Historic site · Iceland

Skipaskurður

Skipaskurður from directly overhead

Skipaskurður is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Hafratindur stands 923 m to the south-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Skáldin þrjú, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Ring Road passes 25 miles off.

Upplýsingaskilti um Flæðilækinn, sem mögulega var breikkaður og gerður skipgengur að tilstuðlan á Staðarhóls-Páls á 16. öld.

The record

What the record says

Built: 2022-06-17
Material: málmur,viður

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Coordinates65.38214, -21.91571

25.1 mi off the Ring Road

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Þverfell: 1.7 mi
Tjaldaneshyrna: 2.4 mi
Illviti: 3.2 mi
Göltur: 3.7 mi
Torffjall: 3.9 mi

Waterfalls18

Gullfoss: 5.3 mi
Ólafsdalsfossar: 5.3 mi
Hvarfsdalsfossar: 6.6 mi
Drifandagil Waterfall: 6.7 mi
Bænahúsfoss: 7.8 mi

Historic sites13

Skáldin þrjú: 0.3 mi
Magnús Jónsson í Tjaldanesi: 1.2 mi
Ólafsdalur: 5.5 mi
Snorri Sturluson: 11.6 mi
Auður djúpúðga: 12.0 mi

Museums4

Báta og hlunnindasýningin: 9.5 mi
The Sheep Farming Museum: 20.3 mi
Galdrasýning á Ströndum: 23.5 mi
Eiríksstaðir: 24.9 mi

Attractions2

Bjartmarssteinn: 7.6 mi
Eiríksstaðir: 24.9 mi

Nature reserves1

Hrísey: 7.6 mi

Hot springs1

Einireykir: 9.0 mi

Springs1

Guðrúnarlaug: 10.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Skipaskurður. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Hafratindur	SSW 201°	923 m	5.6 mi
Skeggöxl	SSW 195°	815 m	8.5 mi
Sandfell	SW 220°	764 m	6.8 mi
Hólkonuhnúkur	E 100°	723 m	8.0 mi
Hrossaborg	SSW 200°	722 m	11.1 mi
Gaflfell	ESE 105°	696 m	9.4 mi
Þverfjall	SSW 207°	656 m	12.5 mi
Tungumúli	SSW 208°	632 m	15.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:30	18:36	19:42
June solstice	02:11	22:19	00:49
September equinox	07:10	18:26	19:32
December solstice	11:47	—	15:05

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13655291124

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