Urriðafoss
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Urriðafoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Skeggi stands 815 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gíslholtsfjall, a peak 5.7 miles away. Ring Road passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Urriðafoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈʏrːɪːðaˌfɔsː], "sea trout waterfall") is a waterfall located in the river Þjórsá in southwest Iceland. With a flow rate of 360 m³/s, it has the highest average water flow of any waterfall in Iceland, and the second highest in Europe behind the Rheinfall. The Fossafélagið Títan company was given permission in 1927 to build a power plant in Urriðafoss in connection with a railway to Reykjavík from the waterfall. It did not happen but now Landsvirkjun is planning to build hydropower stations on the lower part of Þjórsár river, at Urriðafoss and Núpur. The proposed Urriðafoss Power Plant is expected to have a capacity of approximately 125 MW and a power-generating capacity of 930 GWh per year. The powerhouse will be underground and a tunnel leading from the powerhouse will open out into Þjórsá river below Urriðafoss waterfall. The waterfall is expected to disappear if the powerhouse is built. Local residents in the area are protesting against the construction in an effort to save Urriðafoss.
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Wikidata Q1546828, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
- Width
- 40 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Ring Road
Overlooks nearby
- Urriðafoss · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mud Pot: 16.8 mi
- hot spring: 17.4 mi
- Hot Spring: 17.6 mi
- Hot Spring: 17.7 mi
- Hot Spring: 17.7 mi
- Torf: 7.7 mi
- Caves of Hella: 10.0 mi
- Sólhestar: 13.1 mi
- Skálholtskirkja: 14.6 mi
- Gestastofa: 14.6 mi
- Fischersetur: 9.9 mi
- Rjómabúið á Baugsstöðum: 11.2 mi
- Þuríðarbúð: 13.4 mi
- Draugasetrið: 13.4 mi
- Veiðisafnið: 13.5 mi
- Árnesflúðir: 10.4 mi
- Ægissíðufoss: 10.7 mi
- Árbæjarfoss: 10.9 mi
- Krókadælarflúð: 11.1 mi
- Hestafoss: 11.6 mi
- Hljómkviða Árinnar: 9.7 mi
- Kringla: 11.8 mi
- Fornleifasvæði: 14.5 mi
- Jón Arason memorial: 14.7 mi
- Ásasel: 19.9 mi
- Tryggvagarður: 9.9 mi
- Sigtúnsgarður: 10.1 mi
- Yndisskógur: 11.0 mi
- Skrúðgarðurinn: 16.4 mi
- Ungmennafélagsgarður: 17.7 mi
- Björgunarsveitin Björg: 15.4 mi
- chair: 17.4 mi
- Jónas Jónsson: 20.2 mi
- Karlsminni: 21.2 mi
- Kerið: 10.3 mi
- Bæjargjá: 24.0 mi
- Gildruholtsgjá: 24.8 mi
- Hrunalaug: 19.1 mi
- Hverahild: 21.1 mi
- Guðmundarlundur: 8.9 mi
- Þorli: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Urriðafoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeggi | WNW 301° | 815 m | 22.6 mi |
| Nesjaskyggnir | WNW 301° | 767 m | 21.8 mi |
| Þríhyrningur | ESE 113° | 691 m | 23.5 mi |
| Efstadalsfjall | N 6° | 627 m | 23.1 mi |
| Skálafell | WNW 283° | 574 m | 20.3 mi |
| Inghóll | WNW 294° | 551 m | 11.8 mi |
| Leirdalahnúkar | WNW 297° | 545 m | 12.1 mi |
| Búrfell | NW 326° | 536 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:34 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 02:56 | 22:00 | 23:54 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:24 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 11:14 | — | 15:29 |
Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/331229375
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