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This is the rocky promontory of Reykjanes, "...
This is the rocky promontory of Reykjanes, "Smoky Point", a stark, rocky, almost uninhabitable corner of Iceland which was chosen as the site of a World War II American military airfield, which subsequently grew into Iceland's international airport. That's why there's now a major road running all out to here from Reykjavik.


UTC Time: 15:58, Sunday 09 September 2012
Local Time: 15:58, Sunday 09 September 2012
Estimate of longitude: 22° 25' 19.20" W = -22.422000°
Estimate of latitude: 63° 57' 54.18" N = 63.965050°
Possible error on position estimate: 100 metres