Barnafoss
Barnafoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Geitlandsjökull stands 1,390 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hraunfossar / Barnafoss, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Ring Road passes 13 miles off.
The story
Barnafoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpa(r)tnaˌfɔsː]), also known as Bjarnafoss [ˈpja-], is a waterfall in Western Iceland on the river Hvítá in Borgarfjörður, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Reykjavík. Located directly upstream from Hraunfossar, the two waterfalls flow out of the Hallmundarhraun lava field.
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Wikidata Q626640, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
- Width
- 5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hraunfossar: 0.2 mi
- Kálfafoss: 0.8 mi
- Langifoss: 1.4 mi
- Giljafoss: 3.6 mi
- Lambárfoss: 6.5 mi
- Hraunfossar / Barnafoss: 0.1 mi
- Víðgelmir: 6.1 mi
- The Cave: 6.2 mi
- Geitfjársetrið: 8.2 mi
- Snorralaug: 9.7 mi
- Hraunfossar: 0.2 mi
- Húsafellsskógur: 4.4 mi
- Grábrókargígar: 17.5 mi
- Friðland við Fitjaá í Skorradal: 18.5 mi
- Andakíll: 24.8 mi
- Selgil: 4.5 mi
- Skrifla: 9.7 mi
- Árhver: 11.9 mi
- Krosslaug: 15.2 mi
- Grafarlaug: 24.0 mi
- Snorrastofa: 9.8 mi
- Fjallid: 13.2 mi
- Krosslaug: 15.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Barnafoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geitlandsjökull | ESE 123° | 1,390 m | 13.2 mi |
| Ok | SSE 158° | 1,170 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hafrafell | E 93° | 1,165 m | 12.2 mi |
| Syðra-Hádegisfell | SE 129° | 1,069 m | 10.4 mi |
| Stóra-Björnsfell | SSE 150° | 1,055 m | 16.4 mi |
| Klakkur | ESE 123° | 999 m | 17.0 mi |
| Strútur | ENE 69° | 937 m | 9.2 mi |
| Baula | NW 307° | 934 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:34 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 02:36 | 22:09 | 00:17 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:24 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 11:29 | — | 15:16 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/308666280
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