Wegener-stöpullinn
Wegener-stöpullinn is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Kambshorn stands 851 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kópavogsfundurinn, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Ring Road passes 4.2 miles off.
Alfred Wegener reisti þennan steinstöpul árið 1930. Markmiðið var að færa sönnur á landrekskenninguna.
What the record says
- Built
- 1930-04
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kópavogsfundurinn: 0.5 mi
- Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson: 1.5 mi
- Minningaöldur sjómannadagsins: 1.7 mi
- Minnismerki óþekkta sjómanninn: 1.7 mi
- Howitzer Hill: 2.1 mi
- Nónhæð: 0.8 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 1.3 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 2.0 mi
- Smalaholt: 2.1 mi
- Rjúpnahæð: 2.9 mi
- Leikskólalundur: 1.1 mi
- Sky Lagoon: 1.4 mi
- Álfaborg: 1.6 mi
- Eldfjallasýning: 2.0 mi
- Íshellir: 2.0 mi
- Búrfoss: 2.6 mi
- Ullarfoss: 2.7 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 2.9 mi
- Skáfossar: 3.0 mi
- Stórifoss: 3.0 mi
- Hönnunarsafn Íslands: 0.8 mi
- Náttúrufræðistofa Kópavogs: 0.8 mi
- Gerðarsafn: 0.9 mi
- Þjóðminjasafn Íslands - varðveisla: 1.1 mi
- Byggðasafn Hafnarfjarðar: 2.4 mi
- Rútstún: 0.6 mi
- Hlíðargarður: 0.7 mi
- Geislagarðurinn: 0.9 mi
- Hermannslundur: 1.4 mi
- Fossvogsdalur: 1.8 mi
- Skátalaug: 14.1 mi
- Hot spring: 18.1 mi
- Mud Pot: 19.2 mi
- Mud Pot: 19.4 mi
- Mud Pot: 19.4 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 1.7 mi
- Virkið: 4.7 mi
- Langahlíð: 9.5 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 11.0 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 11.0 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 1.6 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 2.4 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 3.4 mi
- Mislundur: 3.7 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 4.8 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 3.0 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 4.2 mi
- Langisandur: 15.4 mi
- Þorli: 23.0 mi
- Hverahild: 18.6 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 21.7 mi
- Akranesviti: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Wegener-stöpullinn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kambshorn | NNE 28° | 851 m | 10.7 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 34° | 840 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hvirfill | SSE 159° | 621 m | 10.4 mi |
| Stóra-Kóngsfell | SE 131° | 602 m | 10.4 mi |
| Drottning | SE 130° | 516 m | 10.8 mi |
| Arnarhamar | NNE 17° | 486 m | 11.3 mi |
| Þverfell | NNE 34° | 479 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hjálmur | ENE 72° | 454 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:57 | 22:07 | 00:03 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:22 | — | 15:31 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5282814369
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