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Bæjarfell

Bæjarfell, seen from above at true elevation

Bæjarfell rises to 569 m. Geitlandsjökull stands 1,390 m to the southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Selgil, a hot spring 0.9 miles away. Ring Road passes 16 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 569 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates64.67810, -20.84190

16.5 mi off the Ring Road

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Selfjall: 1.9 mi
Reyðarfell: 1.9 mi
Tunga: 2.8 mi
Hátunga: 3.2 mi
Sandur: 3.6 mi

Waterfalls

Lambárfoss: 2.7 mi
Langifoss: 3.3 mi
Kálfafoss: 3.5 mi
Barnafoss: 4.2 mi
Veitufoss: 4.3 mi

Attractions11

Hraunfossar / Barnafoss: 4.3 mi
Víðgelmir: 5.1 mi
The Cave: 5.3 mi
Íshellir: 9.7 mi
Into the Glacier: 11.0 mi

Hot springs4

Selgil: 0.9 mi
Skrifla: 13.3 mi
Árhver: 15.5 mi
Krosslaug: 16.1 mi

Nature reserves4

Húsafellsskógur: 1.1 mi
Hraunfossar: 4.4 mi
Friðland við Fitjaá í Skorradal: 19.7 mi
Grábrókargígar: 21.7 mi

Museums1

Snorrastofa: 13.4 mi

Historic sites1

Krosslaug: 16.1 mi

Artworks1

Fjallid: 16.9 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Bæjarfell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Geitlandsjökull	SE 128°	1,390 m	9.1 mi
Hlöðufell	SSE 153°	1,186 m	20.1 mi
Ok	SSW 191°	1,170 m	5.5 mi
Hafrafell	E 83°	1,165 m	8.3 mi
Syðra-Hádegisfell	SE 139°	1,069 m	6.4 mi
Stóra-Björnsfell	SSE 161°	1,055 m	13.3 mi
Klakkur	SE 126°	999 m	12.9 mi
Strútur	NE 44°	937 m	6.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:33	19:38
June solstice	02:36	22:08	00:16
September equinox	07:06	18:24	19:28
December solstice	11:28	—	15:16

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4377818542

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