Aldeyjarfoss
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Aldeyjarfoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Háihnjúkur stands 1,311 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingvararfoss, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 16 miles off.
The story
The Aldeyjarfoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaltˌeiːjarˌfɔsː] ) waterfall is situated in the Highlands of Iceland at the northern part of the Sprengisandur Highland Road. The river Skjálfandafljót drops here from a height of 20m. The columnar jointed basalt belongs to a 9000 years old lava field called Bárðardalshraun, hraun being the Icelandic word for lava.
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Wikidata Q1827108, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 20 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rauðafell: 4.9 mi
- Steinfell: 6.4 mi
- Kálfborgarárfell: 8.0 mi
- Sellandafjall: 9.1 mi
- Brunnfell: 9.2 mi
- Rófugerðishóll: 16.6 mi
- Hamarshólar: 16.8 mi
- Ytri Kleifarhóll: 16.8 mi
- Fellshóll: 16.9 mi
- Klasar: 18.2 mi
- Ingvararfoss: 0.0 mi
- Hrafnabjargafoss: 1.8 mi
- Goðafoss: 22.7 mi
- Geitafoss: 22.8 mi
- Seljahjallagil: 16.9 mi
- Dimmuborgir: 19.8 mi
- Hverfjall: 21.2 mi
- Skútustaðagígar: 16.8 mi
- Hallgrímur og Ólafía: 21.4 mi
- Fuglasafn Sigurgeirs: 20.6 mi
- Gróður jarðar: 21.2 mi
- Munkaþverá: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Aldeyjarfoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Háihnjúkur | SE 137° | 1,311 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bláfjall | ENE 72° | 1,206 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tungnafjall | WNW 291° | 1,151 m | 20.0 mi |
| Æðustaðatungur | WSW 253° | 1,093 m | 22.2 mi |
| Skjónafell | W 271° | 1,081 m | 19.6 mi |
| Sigtúnafjall | WNW 302° | 1,061 m | 22.4 mi |
| Hraunártungur | WSW 253° | 1,042 m | 20.3 mi |
| Möðruvallafjall | WNW 283° | 995 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:18 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 01:54 | 22:01 | 00:30 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:08 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 11:29 | — | 14:48 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1243054939
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