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Hestur

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Elevation: 455 m
Tallest summit within 13.7 miles: Halldór1,100 m · 11.5 mi
Sunset, March equinox: 19:30local time
Coordinates: 66.1475, -18.7961

Hestur rises to 455 m. Halldór stands 1,100 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Vík, a historic site 1.2 miles away.

The record

Elevation: 455 m

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Hestur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Halldór	SSE 162°	1,100 m	11.5 mi
Kerahnjúkur	SE 144°	1,097 m	9.3 mi
Kistufjall	SE 137°	1,070 m	8.7 mi
Jökulkollur	SSE 148°	1,045 m	10.1 mi
Barkarkolla	SSE 160°	1,030 m	11.6 mi
Rauðhyrna	SSE 168°	1,004 m	12.3 mi
Bassi	SE 146°	1,001 m	9.6 mi
Einstakafjall	SSE 166°	1,001 m	12.3 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Historic sites13

Museums11

Slippurinn: 3.0 mi
Saga Fotografica: 3.0 mi
Þjóðlagasetur sr. Bjarna Þorsteinssonar: 3.1 mi
Gallerí Fríða Gylfadóttir: 3.1 mi
Ljóðasetur Íslands: 3.2 mi

Waterfalls5

Leyningsfoss: 4.3 mi
Mígandifoss: 9.4 mi
Þverá;waterfull: 9.6 mi
waterfull: 12.0 mi
Reykjafoss: 12.0 mi

Attractions3

SI-152: 3.0 mi
Mígandifoss: 9.4 mi
Bjórböðin: 18.5 mi

Hot springs1

hot spring: 11.8 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:17	18:22	19:30
June solstice	Midnight sun	—	—
September equinox	06:57	18:12	19:20
December solstice	11:55	—	14:33

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

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