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Þorvaldsfjall

Þorvaldsfjall, seen from above at true elevation

Þorvaldsfjall rises to 429 m. Jörundarfell stands 1,038 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ánastaðarstapi, a attraction 1.5 miles away. Ring Road passes 8.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 429 m

Getting there

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Coordinates65.47722, -20.94110

8.8 mi off the Ring Road

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Sandfell: 2.6 mi
Káraborg: 3.1 mi
Hlíðarfjall: 3.6 mi
Þrælsfell: 3.6 mi
Miðtunga: 4.3 mi

Waterfalls16

Seltungufoss: 8.6 mi
Stórhólsfoss: 10.9 mi
Neðri-Foss: 11.7 mi
Efri-Foss: 11.7 mi
Kerafossar: 11.8 mi

Attractions5

Ánastaðarstapi: 1.5 mi
Hvítserkur: 12.5 mi
Vatnsdalshólar: 16.2 mi
Kerling: 20.4 mi
Heitir pottar á Drangsnesi: 20.5 mi

Museums5

Selasetur Íslands, Upplýsingamiðstöð: 5.7 mi
Bardúsa verslunarminjasafn: 5.7 mi
Byggðasafn Húnvetninga og Strandamanna: 16.1 mi
The Sheep Farming Museum: 21.6 mi
Heimilisiðnaðarsafnið Textile Museum: 22.5 mi

Historic sites4

Guðmundur Bergþórsson: 8.0 mi
Borgarvirki: 9.9 mi
Þrístapar: 15.6 mi
Ólafsdalur: 23.5 mi

Nature reserves1

Kattarauga: 19.3 mi

Parks1

Fagrihvammur: 22.5 mi

Gardens1

Yndisgarðurinn á Blönduósi: 22.7 mi

Artworks1

Minnisvarði um landpósta: 23.4 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Þorvaldsfjall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Jörundarfell	E 92°	1,038 m	19.5 mi
Hrossakambur	ESE 114°	974 m	14.9 mi
Svínafell	ESE 117°	971 m	15.8 mi
Skessusæti	ESE 106°	938 m	14.1 mi
Litla Snjófell	ESE 120°	933 m	16.2 mi
Þrælsfell	E 100°	905 m	3.6 mi
Ásgeirsárhlass	ESE 119°	892 m	14.1 mi
Vörðufell	E 85°	882 m	19.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:32	19:38
June solstice	02:01	22:16	00:52
September equinox	07:06	18:22	19:29
December solstice	11:46	—	14:59

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5309078123

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