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Walter von Knebel and Max Rudloff

Walter von Knebel and Max Rudloff from directly overhead

Walter von Knebel and Max Rudloff is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 1,169 m. Herðubreið stands 1,682 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Þorvaldstindur, a peak 2.4 miles away. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

Honours 2 volcanologists who dissappeared here in 1907.

How to reach it

Coordinates65.04645, -16.73185

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 1
  • Svartárlindir: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Hvannalindir: 16.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Eyvindarkofa: 18.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walter von Knebel and Max Rudloff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HerðubreiðNE 51°1,682 m14.3 mi
ÞorvaldstindurS 182°1,516 m2.4 mi
TrölladyngjaSW 236°1,468 m18.4 mi
KistufellSW 218°1,446 m23.1 mi
DyngjufjöllW 279°1,394 m4.3 mi
WattsfellSW 226°1,317 m3.7 mi
HáihnjúkurNNW 341°1,311 m4.8 mi
KverkhnjúkarSSE 168°1,295 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:1619:21
June solstice02:0621:5500:12
September equinox06:5018:0619:12
December solstice11:1914:52

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1518148243

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