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Rjúkandi

Rjúkandi, a waterfall in Iceland
Rjúkandi, a waterfall in IcelandJerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rjúkandi, a waterfall in Iceland
Michal Gorski · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rjúkandi, a waterfall in Iceland
Alexander Grebenkov · CC BY 3.0
Rjúkandi, a waterfall in Iceland
Reykholt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rjúkandi, a waterfall in Iceland
Reykholt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rjúkandi, a waterfall in Iceland
AwOiSoAk KaOsIoWa · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Rjúkandi is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 351 m. Smjörfjöll stands 1,251 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Háfjall, a peak 1.3 miles away. Ring Road runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Height
93 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates65.33358, -15.07948
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Háfjall: 1.3 mi
  • Hnefill: 2.1 mi
  • Skjöldólfsstaðahnjúkur: 3.7 mi
  • Húsárfjall: 4.2 mi
  • Norðurhnúkur: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Stuðlagil: 13.6 mi
  • Vök Baths: 18.4 mi
  • Guttormslundur: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Expatriates to Canada: 16.8 mi
  • Höfðasel: 20.3 mi
  • Minningarmörk úr hofnum kirkjugarðsi: 22.0 mi
Parks: 2
  • Listigarðurinn: 20.2 mi
  • Sigfúsarlundur: 20.8 mi
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Rjúkandi. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SmjörfjöllNNE1,251 m18.7 mi
HötturSE1,106 m23.4 mi
ÞjóðfellWNW1,033 m19.9 mi
ÞríhyrningurSW957 m21.6 mi
NáttmálahnjúkurNE890 m23.4 mi
SandfellNNW888 m6.8 mi
HeyöxlWNW878 m17.7 mi
HestleiðarkollurWSW869 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:0919:15
June solstice01:4621:5100:19
September equinox06:4317:5919:05
December solstice11:19—14:39

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2376735338

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