The Exploration Museum
The Exploration Museum is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Grjótskálarhnjúkur stands 1,214 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hvalasafnið á Húsavík, a museum 0.3 miles away. Ring Road passes 22 miles off.
The story
The Exploration Museum (Icelandic: Könnunarsögusafnið Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰœnːʏnarˌsœːɣʏˌsapnɪθ]) is dedicated to the history of human exploration, from the early explorers to the exploration of space. The museum is located in Húsavík in North Iceland, 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the Arctic Circle. The museum was founded in 2011 and formally opened in 2014 by the President of Iceland. The main exhibition room features photographs and artifacts from the Apollo astronaut training program near Húsavík in 1965 and 1967. The second exhibition room features the history of Viking exploration. Upstairs is dedicated to the exploration of the polar regions and the races to the north and south poles. The basement details expeditions which travelled underground and beneath the sea.
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Dates from 2013.
Wikidata Q15117728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Húsavíkurfjall: 1.5 mi
- Krubbsfjall: 3.7 mi
- Gyðuhnjúkur: 5.0 mi
- Grasafjöll: 5.5 mi
- Búrfell: 5.6 mi
- Gentle Giants: 0.3 mi
- North Sailing: 0.3 mi
- Geosea: 0.3 mi
- Tjörneslögin: 7.1 mi
- Hveravellir: 11.2 mi
- Hvalasafnið á Húsavík: 0.3 mi
- Safnahúsið: 0.5 mi
- Mánárbakki Minjasafn: 12.6 mi
- Grenjaðarstaður: 15.8 mi
- Ystafell Transportation Museum: 19.6 mi
- Æðarfossar: 4.9 mi
- Skeifárfoss: 6.0 mi
- Landsendafoss: 12.6 mi
- Ullarfoss: 19.3 mi
- Barnafoss: 21.3 mi
- Eyjan: 23.9 mi
- Eyjan: 24.0 mi
- Eyjan: 24.1 mi
- Trölliđ: 24.3 mi
- Goldfish Pond: 2.3 mi
- Ystihver: 11.3 mi
- Skrúðgarður Húsavíkur: 0.7 mi
- Hellar á Þeistareykjum: 13.1 mi
- Minnismerki um Stofnun SÍS: 19.4 mi
- Lindin: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of The Exploration Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grjótskálarhnjúkur | WSW 247° | 1,214 m | 19.8 mi |
| Kambsmýrarhnjúkur | WSW 239° | 1,211 m | 13.9 mi |
| Blámannshattur | WSW 245° | 1,198 m | 20.1 mi |
| Skálavíkurhnjúkur | WSW 259° | 1,129 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ytri-Fosslækjarskál | WSW 248° | 1,074 m | 11.5 mi |
| Kotahnjúkur | WSW 243° | 1,064 m | 11.8 mi |
| Leirdalsöxl | WSW 257° | 1,054 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bryðjuskál | SW 224° | 1,005 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:16 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:07 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 11:46 | — | 14:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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