Skógafoss
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Skógafoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 147 m. Hámundur stands 1,666 m to the north-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hestavaðsfoss, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Ring Road passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Skógafoss (pronounced [ˈskouː(ɣ)aˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliff marking the former coastline. After the coastline had receded (it is now at a distance of about 5 kilometres (3 miles) from Skógar), the former sea cliffs remained, parallel to the coast over hundreds of kilometres, creating together with some mountains a clear border between the coastal lowlands and the Highlands of Iceland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q1130718, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 60 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Eyjafjallajökull Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Hatta · 17 mi
- Svarta ströndin í Vík í Mýrdal · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Drangshlíðarfjall: 0.7 mi
- Hornfellsnípa: 2.4 mi
- Skjannanípa: 2.6 mi
- Raufarfell: 2.9 mi
- Kambfjöll: 3.6 mi
- Hestavaðsfoss: 0.1 mi
- Fosstorfufoss: 0.4 mi
- Steinbogafoss: 0.5 mi
- Fremri-Fellsfoss: 0.8 mi
- Innri-Fellsfoss: 0.9 mi
- Barnaskóli: 0.7 mi
- Holt Á Síðu: 0.7 mi
- Turf farm: 0.7 mi
- Skál Á Síðu: 0.7 mi
- Skógakirkja: 0.7 mi
- Elisabeth Brimnes, Dagmar Kristvinsdóttir, Ivar Finn Stampe: 7.9 mi
- Kliftorfa: 8.9 mi
- Fell: 9.2 mi
- Oskar Sigurjónsson: 11.1 mi
- Tóftir fjárhúss og garðs: 21.9 mi
- krabbuberg: 9.9 mi
- crab rock: 10.0 mi
- Arnardrangur: 15.4 mi
- Arnardrangur: 15.4 mi
- Arnardrangur: 15.4 mi
- Skógasafn: 0.7 mi
- Kötlusetur - Katla visitor centre: 17.3 mi
- Landlyst: 23.9 mi
- Skansinn: 23.9 mi
- Eldheimar: 24.1 mi
- För: 17.5 mi
- minning berglindar: 24.2 mi
- Landsíminn: 24.2 mi
- steinbauti í tjörn: 24.2 mi
- Alda aldanna: 24.3 mi
- Guðlaugsblettur: 17.3 mi
- Þorsteinslundur: 17.9 mi
- Stakkagerðistún: 24.2 mi
- Dyrhólaeyjarviti: 14.8 mi
- Nínulundur: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Skógafoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hámundur | NNW 332° | 1,666 m | 6.8 mi |
| Guðnasteinn | NNW 327° | 1,500 m | 7.6 mi |
| Goðasteinn | NNW 329° | 1,497 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hábunga Mýrdalsjökuls | ENE 77° | 1,495 m | 13.7 mi |
| Gráfell | NNW 348° | 1,059 m | 16.3 mi |
| Illhöfuð | NNE 25° | 871 m | 14.6 mi |
| Merkurtungnahaus | N 7° | 868 m | 8.3 mi |
| Skaratungnahaus | N 359° | 856 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:30 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 03:01 | 21:52 | 23:41 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/270937065
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