Grímsstaðir
Sign in to saveGrímsstaðir () is a settlement in north-east Iceland whose weather station has recorded the low-temperature record for Iceland of -38°C. This temperature was also recorded concurrently in the neighbouring settlement of Möðrudalur on 21 January 1918. It is a sheltered location (at altitude of about 400 metres) between two upland areas (above 800 metres).
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Grímsstaðir () is a settlement in north-east Iceland whose weather station has recorded the low-temperature record for Iceland of -38°C. This temperature was also recorded concurrently in the neighbouring settlement of Möðrudalur on 21 January 1918. It is a sheltered location (at altitude of about 400 metres) between two upland areas (above 800 metres).
It is situated just off Route 1 (the main ring road around the island), where it crosses the large river Jökulsá á Fjöllum, about 37 km or 23 miles east of Lake Mývatn. The river was bridged in 1947: before that, traffic between north and east Iceland had to use a ferry.
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