Selfoss
Selfoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 379 m. Búrfell stands 953 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Dettifoss, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Ring Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
Selfoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsɛlˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall on the river Jökulsá á Fjöllum in the north of Iceland. The river drops over a number of waterfalls over about 30 km before flowing into Öxarfjörður, a bay of the Arctic Sea. The river originates as melt water from the glacier Vatnajökull and therefore the water flow varies depending on the season, the weather and volcanic activity. A few hundred meters downstream of the 11 m (36 ft)-high waterfall is Dettifoss, the second-most powerful waterfall in Europe. Below the falls, the river passes through a gorge which is part of the Jökulsárgljúfur National Park.
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Wikidata Q1429734, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Ring Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Glöppa: 7.5 mi
- Kallbjarg: 8.5 mi
- Karl og Kerling: 9.3 mi
- Hljóðaklettar: 10.5 mi
- Hrossaborg: 13.5 mi
- Dettifoss, Selfoss og Hafragilsfoss: 0.9 mi
- Hverfjall: 19.5 mi
- Hellar á Þeistareykjum: 19.7 mi
- Dimmuborgir: 20.9 mi
- Seljahjallagil: 24.8 mi
- Dettifoss: 0.7 mi
- Hafragilsfoss: 1.9 mi
- Réttarfoss: 5.3 mi
- Hólmárfossar: 6.5 mi
- Trölliđ: 10.0 mi
- Eyjan: 15.1 mi
- Eyjan: 15.1 mi
- Eyjan: 15.6 mi
- Fagridalur: 9.3 mi
- Hallgrímur og Ólafía: 19.7 mi
- Skútustaðagígar: 24.3 mi
- Kröflustöð: 13.1 mi
- Fuglasafn Sigurgeirs: 21.1 mi
- Lindin: 13.9 mi
- Gróður jarðar: 19.9 mi
- Þórsmörk: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Selfoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Búrfell | SSW 203° | 953 m | 19.0 mi |
| Haugsnibba | ESE 109° | 930 m | 17.3 mi |
| Jónstindur | W 261° | 883 m | 14.6 mi |
| Grímsstaðakerling | SE 129° | 859 m | 17.7 mi |
| Krafla | WSW 237° | 818 m | 11.6 mi |
| Gagndagahnjúkur | NE 41° | 816 m | 14.2 mi |
| Jörundur | SW 223° | 808 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hólskerling | ESE 121° | 801 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:13 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | Midnight sun | — | — |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:03 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 11:36 | — | 14:33 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/600148687
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