Möðrudalur

Möðrudalur
Location of the Municipality of Fljótsdalshérað
Möðrudalur Location of Möðrudalur in Iceland
Coordinates: 65°22′27″N 15°53′3.7″W / 65.37417°N 15.884361°W / 65.37417; -15.884361Coordinates: 65°22′27″N 15°53′3.7″W / 65.37417°N 15.884361°W / 65.37417; -15.884361
Country	Iceland
Constituency[1]	Norðausturkjördæmi
Region[2]	Austurland
County	Norður-Múlasýsla
Municipality	Fljótsdalshérað
Elevation	469 m (1,539 ft)

Möðrudalur is a farm settlement in Norður-Múlasýsla in Eastern Iceland, and the highest inhabited place in the country, at 469 m (1,539 ft) above sea level.^[3]

Möðrudalur is a popular tourist destination, and was formerly located on The Ring Road until the road was moved to its current Háreksstaðaleið route to the north of Möðrudalur.

A church was built in Möðrudalur in 1949 by Jón A. Stefánsson. A guesthouse, a small store and a restaurant are operated in the area.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Iceland, -38.0°C (-36.4°F) was recorded concurrently in Möðrudalur and the neighboring Grímsstaðir on 21 January 1918.^[4]

Gallery

Panorama of the settlement at Möðrudalur.

References

1. ^ Political division
2. ^ Mainly statistical division
3. ^ "Guesthouse profile on visiticeland.com". Visit Iceland - The Official Iceland Tourism and Travel Site. http://www.visiticeland.com/Accommodation/View/fjalladyrd--guesthouse-modrudalur. Retrieved March 9, 2011. 
4. ^ Trausti Jónsson (25 September 2007). "Lægsti hiti á Íslandi - Grímsstaðir og Möðrudalur 21. janúar 1918". vedur.is - The Icelandic Meteorological Office's official web site. http://www.vedur.is/vedur/frodleikur/greinar/nr/1042. Retrieved 9 March 2011.