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Reykjafoss

Reykjafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Reykjafoss, a waterfall in IcelandBromr · CC BY-SA 4.0
Reykjafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Bromr · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Reykjafoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Lambárhnjúkur stands 1,282 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Fosslaug, a hot spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring Road passes 2.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
20 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.49456, -19.38319

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Akraöxl: 5.2 mi
  • Akrafjall: 5.5 mi
  • Sólheimafjall: 5.8 mi
  • Móðólfsfell: 5.9 mi
  • Glóðafeykir: 6.2 mi
Museums: 6
  • Náttúrugripasafn Skagafjarðar: 4.5 mi
  • Glaumbær: 8.8 mi
  • Sögusetur Íslenska Hestsins: 18.2 mi
  • Nýibær: 18.2 mi
  • 1238 The Battle of Iceland: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Hólar: 18.2 mi
  • Auðunarstofa: 18.2 mi
  • Ernan (skipsflak): 18.4 mi
  • Skagafjörður: 18.5 mi
  • Hannesarskjól: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Stephan G. Stephansson: 4.5 mi
  • Tyrfingsstadir á Kjálka: 10.4 mi
  • Tungufell: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Bólugilsfoss: 6.1 mi
  • Háaleitisfoss: 19.4 mi
  • Ingjaldsfossar: 22.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
Parks: 1
  • Biskupagarður: 18.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Gvendarbrunnur: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hraun í Öxnadal: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Reykjafoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
LambárhnjúkurNE 50°1,282 m10.9 mi
GrasárdalshnjúkurNE 39°1,264 m11.5 mi
TungufjallNE 56°1,249 m8.8 mi
SólheimafjallE 93°1,171 m5.8 mi
FletjárdalshnjúkurE 89°1,153 m10.7 mi
AkrafjallENE 76°1,151 m5.5 mi
MælifellshnjúkurS 173°1,147 m7.4 mi
ReykjahnjúkurNE 36°1,137 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:2619:32
June solstice01:5422:1000:47
September equinox07:0018:1619:22
December solstice11:40—14:53

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4262553246

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