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66.1742°N, 18.2714°W · North Iceland
Plan your visit
Off the main road- 16.4 km from Route 82
Nearest town- Ólafsfjörður — 20.7 km away
Distance from Reykjavík- 283 km in a straight line
What else is close- 55 mapped places within 20 km
Tours near Gjögurtá
Whale Watching Eyjafjörður: From Árskógssandurfrom 12.990 ISK · 2 h 30 min
Guided Kayak Tour in Árskógssandur: Explore Coastline & Wildlifefrom 18.900 ISK · 2 h
Express Whale Watching From Dalvíkfrom 19.775 ISK · 2 h
Classic Whale Watching from Dalvíkfrom 10.990 ISK · 3 h
Whale Watching and Sea Angling Tourfrom 12.700 ISK · 3 h
Whale Watching Originalfrom 12.700 ISK · 2 h 30 min
Horse Riding Tour and Explore Scenery in Gásir Akureyrifrom 12.000 ISK · 1 h
From Húsavík Port: Dettifoss & Lake Mývatn Tourfrom 36.000 ISK · 7 h
Lake Myvatn Day Tour and Godafoss Waterfall for Cruise Ships from Husavik Portfrom 25.900 ISK · 5 h 30 min
Northern Lights 4x4 Tour from Akureyrifrom 34.799 ISK · 2 h 30 min
Lake Mývatn & Snowmobile Tour from Akureyrifrom 59.900 ISK · 9 h
Goðafoss and the Forest Lagoonfrom 26.400 ISK · 4 hAll 1,648 toursBy activity and regionGjögurtá weather and conditions
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7°Cpartly cloudy · feels 3°C4 m/sgusts 79 h 38 mdaylight · 08:10 – 17:47
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In season now · Winter in IcelandNorthern Lights 4x4 Tour from Akureyrifrom 34.799 ISK · 2 h 30 minAll 1,648 tours
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Nearby
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Þórðarhöfði60 km - 2Hestfall82 km
- 3
Hraunhafnartangi108 km - 4
Skollanes127 km - 5Djúpahlein138 km
Waterfalls
Hot springs
- 1Geothermal hot spring near Ólafsfjörður21 km
- 2Geothermal hot spring near Akureyrarbær22 km
- 3Geothermal hot spring near Grýtubakkahreppur25 km
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Tours
(Cruise Ships) Lake Mývatn and Goðafossfrom 25.300 ISK · 6 hours 30 minutes
(RS) Lake Myvatn & Godafoss Waterfall Day Tour from Akureyrifrom 25.900 ISK · 6 hours 
Adventure snowmobile tour Akureyrifrom 166.750 ISK · 5 hours
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Where is Gjögurtá?
Gjögurtá is a cape on the coast of North Iceland, Iceland. Check the map on this page for its exact position and the route in.
How do I get to Gjögurtá?
Gjögurtá is in North Iceland. Some Iceland headlands are reached on paved roads, others by gravel tracks that end at a small car park. Check live road conditions on this page before you drive.
Can you see puffins at Gjögurtá?
Many Icelandic capes hold seabird colonies, and puffins are ashore from roughly April to mid-August. Whether Gjögurtá has them depends on the spot — keep well back from cliff edges, which can be undercut.
Is Gjögurtá safe to visit?
Take care at any Icelandic cape: cliff edges are wind-exposed and can be undercut, and low points on the south coast are exposed to sneaker waves that surge up the shore without warning. Stay back from edges and never turn your back on the sea.
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Wikimedia CommonsHero & gallery photography · Oddurv · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
VegagerðinVisitor access & practical facts
VegagerðinLive road status & cameras · Icelandic Road Administration
Open-MeteoWeather forecast · CC BY 4.0
NOAA SWPCAurora (planetary Kp) forecast · public domain
OpenStreetMapInteractive-map data · ODbL
Esri, Maxar & Earthstar GeographicsSatellite imagery for the 3D terrain render · GIS User Community
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