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Tunga

Tunga, seen from above at true elevation

Tunga rises to 315 m. Geitlandsjökull stands 1,390 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hátunga, a peak 0.7 miles away. Ring Road passes 14 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 315 m

Getting there

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Coordinates64.71800, -20.86153

14.1 mi off the Ring Road

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks58

Hátunga: 0.7 mi
Sandur: 1.5 mi
Fálkaklettur: 1.7 mi
Kolsstaðahnúkar: 2.5 mi
Höfði: 2.6 mi

Waterfalls

Veitufoss: 3.0 mi
Kálfafoss: 3.2 mi
Barnafoss: 3.5 mi
Langifoss: 3.6 mi
Lambárfoss: 3.6 mi

Attractions11

Víðgelmir: 2.8 mi
The Cave: 3.0 mi
Hraunfossar / Barnafoss: 3.6 mi
Íshellir: 11.5 mi
Geitfjársetrið: 11.5 mi

Nature reserves4

Húsafellsskógur: 2.1 mi
Hraunfossar: 3.6 mi
Grábrókargígar: 20.5 mi
Friðland við Fitjaá í Skorradal: 21.4 mi

Hot springs4

Selgil: 2.3 mi
Skrifla: 13.2 mi
Árhver: 15.4 mi
Krosslaug: 17.9 mi

Museums1

Snorrastofa: 13.3 mi

Artworks1

Fjallid: 16.6 mi

Historic sites1

Krosslaug: 17.9 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tunga. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Geitlandsjökull	SE 137°	1,390 m	11.4 mi
Hafrafell	E 101°	1,165 m	9.0 mi
Syðra-Hádegisfell	SSE 148°	1,069 m	9.0 mi
Stóra-Björnsfell	SSE 162°	1,055 m	16.1 mi
Klakkur	SE 134°	999 m	15.1 mi
Strútur	ENE 68°	937 m	5.7 mi
Baula	WNW 298°	934 m	19.3 mi
Litla-Björnsfell	S 171°	914 m	15.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:26	18:33	19:38
June solstice	02:35	22:08	00:17
September equinox	07:06	18:24	19:28
December solstice	11:29	—	15:15

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4377818573

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