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Vegavinnubaðið

Vegavinnubaðið, seen from above at true elevation

Vegavinnubaðið is a spring, at a recorded elevation of 223 m. Kaldbakur stands 998 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Botnshnúkur, a peak 6.8 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Water temperature
25-27
Elevation
223 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.62644, -22.95068
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
  • Botnshnúkur: 6.8 mi
  • Botsnhorn: 9.5 mi
  • Svínanesfjall: 9.6 mi
  • Bæjarnesfjall: 11.8 mi
  • Barmur: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Pennugil: 7.5 mi
  • Dynjandi: 10.2 mi
  • Dynjandi: 10.2 mi
  • Hæstahjallafoss: 10.3 mi
  • Strompgljúfrafoss: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
Springs: 5
Museums: 3
  • Skrímslasetrið: 18.9 mi
  • Melódíur Minninganna: 18.9 mi
  • Báta og hlunnindasýningin: 24.6 mi
Hot springs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Dynjandi í Arnarfirði: 10.9 mi
  • Surtarbrandsgil: 11.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KaldbakurNW 304°998 m24.2 mi
BotnshnúkurNW 314°750 m6.8 mi
ÞverfellW 279°674 m23.7 mi
EyrarfjallWNW 284°630 m23.4 mi
Efra-GrænafellW 271°615 m21.0 mi
HálfdánarfellW 273°614 m21.3 mi
BotnaheiðarhnúkurW 259°588 m23.2 mi
HálfdánW 275°558 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3418:4019:46
June solstice01:5622:2601:12
September equinox07:1418:3019:37
December solstice11:57—15:04

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5235527966

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