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Bárðarbunga
- Prominence
- 550 m1,804 ft
- Tonight
- -16°CFair · Wind 12 km/h SE
Bárðarbunga is a 2,010 m (6,594 ft) stratovolcano in Northeastern Region, Iceland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,010 m · 6,594 ft
- Region
- Northeastern Region, Iceland
- Protected area
- Vatnajökull National Park
- Coordinates
- 64.6524° N, 17.5442° W
Bárðarbunga 3D map
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Bárðarbunga topographic map
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Bárðarbunga elevation profile
West → east through the summit
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Bárðarbunga weather
Tonight · Fair · -16°C (3°F) · Wind 12 km/h SE
Bárðarbunga forecast for the summit, about 2,010 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,215 m.
- Tonight-16°–12 km/h SEBase -12°
- Sat-16°-13°0.4 mm22 km/h NEBase -11 / -9°
- Sun-13°-12°16.1 mm22 km/h NEBase -8 / -7°
- Mon-14°-10°2.8 mm12 km/h WBase -9 / -6°
- Tue-9°-9°9.5 mm9 km/h NEBase -4 / -4°
- Wed-9°-8°9.8 mm38 km/h SBase -5 / -3°
- Thu-5°-2°43.8 mm55 km/h SBase -1 / 3°
- Fri-9°-6°0.2 mm30 km/h SBase -5 / -1°
- Sat-9°-8°11.8 mm7 km/h SWBase -5 / -3°
- Sun-14°-11°–9 km/h SBase -9 / -6°
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Slope
Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 85% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 1.5% of the 38 km² view
- Relief in view
- 785 m low point 1,215 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Bárðarbunga sits
- Region
- Northeastern Region8Iceland45Europe2,143
- Protected area
- Vatnajökull National Park11
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
How accurate is this?
11 m low This 3D map reads 1,999 m at the summit; the official height is 2,010 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,010 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,999 m | -11 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,999 m | -11 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-25)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia