Kvernufoss
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Kvernufoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Hámundur stands 1,666 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Skógakirkja, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Ring Road passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Kvernufoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰvɛ(r)tnʏˌfɔsː]) is a waterfall on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland.
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Wikidata Q2683317, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 40 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Skógafoss Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Eyjafjallajökull Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Hatta · 16 mi
- Svarta ströndin í Vík í Mýrdal · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Drangshlíðarfjall: 1.7 mi
- Hornfellsnípa: 2.7 mi
- Kambfjöll: 3.2 mi
- Skjannanípa: 3.5 mi
- Raufarfell: 3.8 mi
- Fosstorfufoss: 0.8 mi
- Hestavaðsfoss: 0.9 mi
- Steinbogafoss: 0.9 mi
- Selvaðsfoss: 0.9 mi
- Selfoss: 1.0 mi
- Skógakirkja: 0.4 mi
- Skál Á Síðu: 0.4 mi
- Holt Á Síðu: 0.4 mi
- Barnaskóli: 0.4 mi
- HEF plant: 0.4 mi
- Elisabeth Brimnes, Dagmar Kristvinsdóttir, Ivar Finn Stampe: 7.9 mi
- Fell: 8.2 mi
- Kliftorfa: 9.9 mi
- Oskar Sigurjónsson: 11.4 mi
- Tóftir fjárhúss og garðs: 22.8 mi
- krabbuberg: 10.5 mi
- crab rock: 10.6 mi
- Arnardrangur: 14.5 mi
- Arnardrangur: 14.5 mi
- Arnardrangur: 14.5 mi
- Skógasafn: 0.4 mi
- Kötlusetur - Katla visitor centre: 16.3 mi
- Landlyst: 24.8 mi
- Skansinn: 24.8 mi
- Eldheimar: 24.9 mi
- Guðlaugsblettur: 16.4 mi
- Þorsteinslundur: 18.7 mi
- Dyrhólaeyjarviti: 13.9 mi
- För: 16.6 mi
- Nínulundur: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Kvernufoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hámundur | NNW 327° | 1,666 m | 7.5 mi |
| Guðnasteinn | NW 322° | 1,500 m | 8.3 mi |
| Goðasteinn | NW 324° | 1,497 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hábunga Mýrdalsjökuls | ENE 75° | 1,495 m | 12.8 mi |
| Illhöfuð | NNE 21° | 871 m | 14.5 mi |
| Merkurtungnahaus | N 0° | 868 m | 8.5 mi |
| Skaratungnahaus | N 353° | 856 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mófell | NNE 16° | 853 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:30 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 03:00 | 21:52 | 23:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:20 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 11:03 | — | 15:30 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/452032633
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