Average annual temperature
4.3 °C
Average of the twelve monthly means
Snæfellsjökull National Park
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Website
snaefellsjokull.com
WILDLIFE
Type
Atlantic Puffin
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Fratercula arctica
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White-tailed Eagle
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Haliaeetus albicilla
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Northern Gannet
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Morus bassanus
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Common Snipe
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Gallinago gallinago
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Black-tailed Godwit
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Limosa limosa
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Razorbill
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Alca torda
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Spotted Sandpiper
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Actitis macularius
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Black Guillemot
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Cepphus grylle
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Common Murre
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Uria aalge
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Thick-billed Murre
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Uria lomvia
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Common Redshank
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Tringa totanus
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Lesser Yellowlegs
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Tringa flavipes
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Canada Goose
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Branta canadensis
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Barnacle Goose
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Branta leucopsis
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Meadow Pipit
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Anthus pratensis
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Eurasian Teal
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Anas crecca
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Arctic Tern
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Sterna paradisaea
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Eurasian Wren
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Troglodytes troglodytes
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Common Ringed Plover
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Charadrius hiaticula
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European Golden Plover
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Pluvialis apricaria
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Whooper Swan
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Cygnus cygnus
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Red-throated Loon
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Gavia stellata
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Common Loon
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Gavia immer
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Northern Wheatear
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Oenanthe oenanthe
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Great Cormorant
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Phalacrocorax carbo
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European Shag
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Gulosus aristotelis
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Dunlin
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Calidris alpina
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Purple Sandpiper
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Calidris maritima
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Sanderling
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Calidris alba
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Northern Raven
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Corvus corax
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Snow Bunting
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Plectrophenax nivalis
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Merlin
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Falco columbarius
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Common Starling
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Sturnus vulgaris
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Red-necked Phalarope
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Phalaropus lobatus
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Northern Fulmar
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Fulmarus glacialis
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European Herring Gull
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Larus argentatus
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Common Gull
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Larus canus
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Little Gull
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Hydrocoloeus minutus
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Iceland Gull
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Larus glaucoides
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Black-headed Gull
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Chroicocephalus ridibundus
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Black-legged Kittiwake
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Rissa tridactyla
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Great Black-backed Gull
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Larus marinus
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Glaucous Gull
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Larus hyperboreus
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Barn Swallow
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Hirundo rustica
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Rock Ptarmigan
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Lagopus muta
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Common Blackbird
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Turdus merula
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
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Haematopus ostralegus
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Manx Shearwater
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Puffinus puffinus
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Sooty Shearwater
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Ardenna grisea
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Harlequin Duck
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Histrionicus histrionicus
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Long-tailed Duck
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Clangula hyemalis
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Greater Scaup
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Aythya marila
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Tufted Duck
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Aythya fuligula
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Great Skua
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Stercorarius skua
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Parasitic Jaeger
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Stercorarius parasiticus
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Common Merganser
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Mergus merganser
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Red-breasted Merganser
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Mergus serrator
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Eurasian Wigeon
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Mareca penelope
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Common Shelduck
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Tadorna tadorna
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Ruddy Turnstone
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Arenaria interpres
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Horned Grebe
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Podiceps auritus
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Eurasian Whimbrel
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Numenius phaeopus
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Redwing
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Turdus iliacus
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Fieldfare
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Turdus pilaris
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Mallard
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Anas platyrhynchos
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Gadwall
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Mareca strepera
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Northern Pintail
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Anas acuta
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Greater White-fronted Goose
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Anser albifrons
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Greylag Goose
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Anser anser
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Pink-footed Goose
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Anser brachyrhynchus
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Common Eider
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Somateria mollissima
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Humpback Whale
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Megaptera novaeangliae
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Common Killer Whale
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Orcinus orca
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White-beaked Dolphin
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Lagenorhynchus albirostris
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Sperm Whale
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Physeter macrocephalus
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Gray Seal
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Halichoerus grypus
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Reindeer
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Rangifer tarandus
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Arctic Fox
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Vulpes lagopus
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COMMUNITY
0
Community observations
No community observations yet — be the first to log a sighting here.
Natural environment
Snæfellsjökull National Park
Very cold conditions shape most of the year.
Usual climateTundraLowland · Upland · Marine environment
Average elevation
21 m
Lowland
Climate pattern
Tundra
Main environment around this hotspot
A year of temperatures
Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted
Monthly minimum · February -0.2 °C Monthly maximum · July 10.1 °C
Global temperature scale
−40°−20°0°20°40°
Terrain and elevation
21 m · LowlandAverage terrain elevation estimate across the hotspot; the figure does not represent its highest summits.
Elevation scale
21 m
02,0004,0006,0008,000m
Lowland