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Sviptungur

Sviptungur, seen from above at true elevation

Sviptungur rises to 928 m. Jökulgilstindar stands 1,337 m to the southeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hnappadalstindur, a peak 0.9 miles away. Ring Road passes 10 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
928 m

How to reach it

Coordinates64.55212, -15.05307

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hnappadalstindur: 0.9 mi
  • Sviptungnahnjúkur: 1.0 mi
  • Gjögur: 2.5 mi
  • Múlakollur: 2.6 mi
  • Hellisskógaheiði: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Stórifoss: 5.0 mi
  • Dynjandi: 6.5 mi
  • Menglaðarfoss: 14.6 mi
  • Innstifoss: 14.7 mi
  • Skútafoss: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Tröllakrókar: 4.3 mi
  • Godland movie set: 20.1 mi
  • Bones and stones museum - gift shop: 23.8 mi
  • Blábjörg á Berufjarðarströnd: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Víðinesi: 20.6 mi
  • Seamen's Monument: 21.7 mi
  • Hjálmar Guðmundsson: 22.8 mi
  • Eysteinn Jónsson: 23.9 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Teigarhorn: 21.1 mi
  • Ósland: 21.9 mi
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Sviptungur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
JökulgilstindarSE 133°1,337 m3.8 mi
SauðhamarstindurW 259°1,315 m5.5 mi
GrasgiljatindurWSW 237°1,273 m10.6 mi
SuðurtungnatindurW 270°1,267 m6.3 mi
HnappadalstindurSSW 193°1,212 m0.9 mi
AfréttatindurSE 126°1,212 m4.5 mi
MeingilstindurSE 129°1,130 m5.1 mi
MúlatindarWSW 250°1,125 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:1019:15
June solstice02:1721:4423:48
September equinox06:4318:0119:05
December solstice11:03—14:55

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4680198479

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