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Hellulaug

Hellulaug from directly overhead

Hellulaug is a hot spring, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Kaldbakur stands 998 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Og nefndu landið Ísland, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Water temperature: warm

Visiting

What to expect

Fee: No

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.57718, -23.15955

Around it

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks32

Botsnhorn: 6.8 mi
Botnshnúkur: 8.2 mi
Nónborg: 13.7 mi
Tafla: 14.6 mi
Svínanesfjall: 14.6 mi

Waterfalls15

Pennugil: 0.8 mi
Dynjandi: 10.8 mi
Dynjandi: 10.8 mi
Hæstahjallafoss: 10.9 mi
Strompgljúfrafoss: 10.9 mi

Historic sites7

Og nefndu landið Ísland: 0.3 mi
Bátur: 15.8 mi
Bátur: 15.8 mi
Kleifabúi: 16.9 mi
Bátur: 17.1 mi

Springs7

Vegavinnubaðið: 6.9 mi
Krosslaug: 8.1 mi
Pollurinn: 21.5 mi
Galtahryggjarlaug: 22.7 mi
Hörgshlíðarlaug: 23.1 mi

Nature reserves2

Surtarbrandsgil: 4.3 mi
Dynjandi í Arnarfirði: 11.3 mi

Museums2

Skrímslasetrið: 14.6 mi
Melódíur Minninganna: 14.6 mi

Hot springs1

Dynjandislaug: 11.0 mi

Attractions1

Garðar BA 64: 19.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Kaldbakur	NW 320°	998 m	22.0 mi
Botnshnúkur	N 7°	750 m	8.2 mi
Napi	WSW 243°	703 m	22.5 mi
Bakkafjall	WNW 299°	688 m	22.7 mi
Þverfell	WNW 292°	674 m	18.8 mi
Eyrarfjall	WNW 298°	630 m	19.0 mi
Efra-Grænafell	WNW 284°	615 m	15.5 mi
Hálfdánarfell	WNW 286°	614 m	16.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	18:41	19:47
June solstice	02:02	22:26	01:08
September equinox	07:15	18:31	19:37
December solstice	11:57	—	15:06

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/520418915

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