Víkin
Víkin is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Esja stands 914 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sjóminjasafnið í Reykjavík, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
maritime museum in Reykjavík, Iceland
Dates from 2005.
Wikidata Q7929434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bird watching · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- World Within Worlds: 0.0 mi
- Skrúfuhringur: 0.3 mi
- Horfur: 0.4 mi
- Horft Til Hafs: 0.4 mi
- Fýkur yfir hæðir: 0.4 mi
- Skúli Magnússon: 0.5 mi
- Georg Schierbeck landlæknir: 0.5 mi
- Svarta keilan, minnisvarði um borgaralega óhlýðni: 0.5 mi
- Jón Sigurðsson: 0.5 mi
- Hallgrimsharpan: 0.5 mi
- Öskjuhlíð: 1.9 mi
- Laugarás: 2.6 mi
- Nónhæð: 4.2 mi
- Hnoðraholt: 4.6 mi
- Hvarfshólar: 5.0 mi
- Búrfoss: 3.8 mi
- Sjávarfoss: 3.8 mi
- Ullarfoss: 4.1 mi
- Skáfossar: 4.4 mi
- Stórifoss: 4.5 mi
- Óðinn: 0.1 mi
- FlyOver Iceland: 0.2 mi
- Elding’s Whale Watching Centre: 0.2 mi
- Lava Show: 0.3 mi
- Ufsaklettur: 0.3 mi
- Sjóminjasafnið í Reykjavík: 0.0 mi
- Saga Museum: 0.1 mi
- Hvalasýningin: 0.2 mi
- Aurora Reykjavik Northern Lights Center: 0.3 mi
- Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur: 0.3 mi
- Akurey: 1.4 mi
- Valhúsahæð: 1.4 mi
- Grótta: 2.3 mi
- Laugarás: 2.6 mi
- Fossvogsbakkar: 2.6 mi
- Kænugarður: 0.4 mi
- Landakotstún: 0.4 mi
- Fógetagarðurinn: 0.5 mi
- Alþingisgarðurinn: 0.5 mi
- Bakarabrekkan: 0.6 mi
- Skátalaug: 17.5 mi
- Hot spring: 19.7 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.6 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.7 mi
- Mud Pot: 20.7 mi
- Virkið: 2.7 mi
- Gálgaklettar: 4.0 mi
- Langahlíð: 13.2 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 14.1 mi
- Lambafellsgjá: 14.1 mi
- Urtagarður í Nesi: 1.8 mi
- Rósagarðurinn: 4.0 mi
- Vífilsstaðagarður: 5.3 mi
- Hermannsgarður í Guðmundarlundi: 6.6 mi
- Mislundur: 6.8 mi
- Vífilsstaðahlíð: 6.8 mi
- Hjallaflatir: 7.8 mi
- Hvammsvík Hot Springs: 19.1 mi
- Hverahild: 20.9 mi
- Akranesviti: 11.6 mi
- Langisandur: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Víkin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esja | NE 54° | 914 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hátindur | ENE 59° | 909 m | 12.2 mi |
| Kambshorn | NE 46° | 851 m | 8.3 mi |
| Gunnlaugsskarð | ENE 59° | 843 m | 10.5 mi |
| Þverfellshorn | NE 52° | 840 m | 9.0 mi |
| Geirmundartindur | N 1° | 643 m | 13.1 mi |
| Akrafjall | N 4° | 602 m | 13.2 mi |
| Háihnúkur | N 360° | 553 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 18:39 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 02:56 | 22:08 | 00:05 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:29 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 11:23 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1722849873
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