Iceland
Northern lights in Westfjords
4 viewing spots around Westfjords, chosen for a dark sky and an open view. For each one: how dark it is, which way it looks, where to park and how to get there. Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
- Viewing spots
- 4
- Dark or very dark
- 4
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.5°
- Clearest dark month
- September 18 % of hours clear or partly clear
Which of these spots is clear tonight, and when? Aurora Atlas scores every spot hour by hour from the cloud forecast, darkness, the moon and live aurora activity, with live camera stills.
See tonight's live scores for Westfjords in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
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Ósvör, Bolungarvík
Restored fishing station on the shore just outside Bolungarvík, the northernmost village of the Westfjords, with an…
- Holt beach, Önundarfjörður Golden-sand beach and old pier by the church farm of Holt in Önundarfjörður, through the Vestfjarðagöng tunnel from…
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Súðavík shore
Shoreline at the small village of Súðavík, about 20 km east of Ísafjörður on Road 61, looking out across the wide…
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Flateyri spit
Low spit in Önundarfjörður with the small village of Flateyri at its tip, under flat-topped mountains; walk to the…
Drive times are estimates from the middle of Westfjords by straight-line distance, as the app estimates them before it knows your route; ferries and winter closures are not counted.
Good to know in Westfjords
- Plan around winter road closures Many Westfjords roads are mountain passes or run under avalanche slopes, and some close from November. Check umferdin.is and the Icelandic Met Office before every drive, and keep to the tunnel-linked villages around Ísafjörður on stormy nights. Source
- Real darkness starts later up here At 66°N the Westfjords have long bright evenings in early autumn; the darkest, longest nights come from November to January. Early in the season, plan for the hours around midnight. Source