🚤 Hekla Sound

Greenland · Americas · 80.21°N, 19.00°W

Quick facts

Country	Greenland
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	80.21°N, 19.00°W · view on map
Distance to the equator	8,929 km north of it
Solar time	UTC-1:15 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today	The sun does not rise here today — polar night at 80.2° latitude.

Hekla Sound is located in Greenland, in Americas.

Closest straits

Dijmphna Sound — 22 km away
Fram Strait — 362 km away
Danskegattet — 570 km away, in Norway
Sørgattet — 580 km away, in Norway
Forlandsundet — 646 km away, in Norway

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

More straits in Greenland

Akornat Strait · Ammarqua Strait · Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa · Assorput Strait · Davis Strait · Denmark Strait · Dijmphna Sound · Fram Strait · Ikaasaartik Strait · Ikerasaa Strait.

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