🏞️ Askja

Iceland · Europe · 65.03°N, 16.75°W

Quick facts

Country	Iceland
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	65.03°N, 16.75°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	7,239 km north of it
Solar time	UTC-1 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 09:14, sets 16:27 — 7 h 13 min of daylight

Askja is located in Iceland, in Europe.

Closest protected areas

Lónsöræfi — 88 km away
Rauðhólar (Vesturdalur) — 103 km away
Helgustaðir mine — 136 km away
Dverghamrar — 142 km away
Skálanes — 145 km away

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More protected areas in Iceland

Dverghamrar · Eldborg í Bláfjöllum · Eldey · Flói Nature Reserve · Grótta · Heiðmörk · Helgustaðir mine · Hornstrandir · Lónsöræfi · Rauðhólar (Vesturdalur).

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

Protected Areas — tukuk.org/protected-areas

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