Helgafell
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Helgafell rises to 74 m. Botna-Skyrtunna stands 988 m to the south-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Freyjulundur, a park 2.2 miles away.
The story
Helgafell (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛlkaˌfɛtl̥] , "holy mountain") is a small mountain on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland. The mountain is 73 metres (240 ft) high. A temple in honor of Thor (Þór) was built there by Þórólfr Mostrarskegg, the first settler of the area. His biography is described in literary form with fictional and mythical elements in Eyrbyggja saga. Helgafell also appears in the Laxdæla saga as the location where the heroine Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir last lived and is supposedly where she is buried.
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Wikidata Q972971, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 74 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Drápuhlíðarfjall: 4.7 mi
- Gríshóll: 4.9 mi
- Írafell: 5.4 mi
- Úlfarsfell: 5.4 mi
- Hrísafell: 5.6 mi
- Nátthagafoss: 5.3 mi
- Selvallafoss: 8.7 mi
- Rjúkandi: 11.6 mi
- Bakkárfoss: 12.7 mi
- Rjúkandafoss: 15.1 mi
- Dagverðarnessel: 12.1 mi
- Bjarni frá Vogi: 13.4 mi
- Sýn: 17.6 mi
- Kolbeinsstaðir: 20.5 mi
- Bátur: 23.2 mi
- Æðarsetur Íslands: 2.4 mi
- Norwegian House: 2.4 mi
- Vatnasafn: 2.4 mi
- Bjarnarhöfn Museum: 7.5 mi
- Rauðamelsölkelda: 15.3 mi
- Hamrabelti Gerðubergi: 16.5 mi
- Búðir: 24.5 mi
- Freyjulundur: 2.2 mi
- Gerðuberg: 16.5 mi
- Veðurhorfur: 17.6 mi
- Sturlungalaug: 17.7 mi
- Landbrotalaug: 18.8 mi
- Eldborg í Hnappadal: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Helgafell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botna-Skyrtunna | SSE 150° | 988 m | 9.4 mi |
| Ljósufjöll | SSE 152° | 988 m | 10.0 mi |
| Skyrtunna | SE 143° | 956 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hólsfjall | SW 216° | 950 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hreggnasi | SSE 165° | 947 m | 8.3 mi |
| Rauðakúla | S 169° | 917 m | 9.0 mi |
| Svörtufell | SE 141° | 880 m | 12.4 mi |
| Elliðatindar | SSW 209° | 864 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 18:40 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 02:31 | 22:19 | 00:36 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:30 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 11:43 | — | 15:16 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4333948261
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