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Fischersetur

Fischersetur from directly overhead

Fischersetur is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Skeggi stands 815 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tryggvagarður, a park 0.1 miles away. Ring Road runs past it.

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates63.93739, -20.99629

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ingólfsfjall: 3.3 mi
  • Inghóll: 4.1 mi
  • Leirdalahnúkar: 4.7 mi
  • Ingólfsfjall: 4.8 mi
  • Bjarnarfell: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Kerið: 7.9 mi
  • Þórishamar: 17.1 mi
  • Bæjargjá: 20.6 mi
  • Lambagjá: 21.8 mi
  • Klofningur: 21.8 mi
Springs: 25
  • hot spring: 8.6 mi
  • Mud Pot: 8.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Hot Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 23
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 12
  • Sjóminjasafnið á Eyrarbakka: 6.9 mi
  • Húsið: 6.9 mi
  • Listasafn Árnesinga: 7.0 mi
  • Veiðisafnið: 7.2 mi
  • Draugasetrið: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Parks: 6
  • Tryggvagarður: 0.1 mi
  • Sigtúnsgarður: 0.2 mi
  • Skrúðgarðurinn: 7.2 mi
  • Yndisskógur: 12.0 mi
  • Skrúðgarðurinn Þorlákshöfn: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 5
  • Árnahellir: 15.5 mi
  • Eldborg: 19.9 mi
  • Tröllabörn: 22.5 mi
  • Bringur: 23.1 mi
  • Bláfjallafólkvangur: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Guðmundarlundur: 9.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Hverahild: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Þorli: 12.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Fischersetur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SkeggiNW 317°815 m14.3 mi
NesjaskyggnirNW 319°767 m13.6 mi
BláfjallahryggurWNW 287°691 m17.9 mi
SauðadalahnúkarWNW 291°583 m17.4 mi
SkálafellWNW 291°574 m10.6 mi
InghóllNNW 347°551 m4.1 mi
LambafellWNW 292°546 m15.4 mi
LeirdalahnúkarNNW 347°545 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:3619:38
June solstice02:5722:0223:56
September equinox07:0718:2619:28
December solstice11:16—15:30

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2956598148

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