Baula
- Prominence
- 522 m1,713 ft
- Isolation
- 15 km
- Tonight
- -10°CFair · Wind 13 km/h N
Baula is a 934 m (3,064 ft) mountain in Western Region, Iceland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 934 m · 3,064 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Tröllakirkja (1,001 m)
- Region
- Western Region, Iceland
- Coordinates
- 64.8490° N, 21.4392° W
Baula 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km
Baula terrain and contours
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.
Baula elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Baula weather
Tonight · Fair · -10°C (14°F) · Wind 13 km/h N
Baula forecast for the summit, about 934 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 64 m.
- Tonight-10°–13 km/h NBase -5°
- Sat-10°-5°–18 km/h NBase -4 / 1°
- Sun-13°-7°–8 km/h NBase -8 / -2°
- Mon-8°-4°0.3 mm8 km/h SEBase -3 / 1°
- Tue-6°-4°3.9 mm3 km/h WBase -1 / 1°
- Wed-5°-4°15.5 mm23 km/h SBase 1 / 1°
- Thu-3°3°19.3 mm24 km/h SBase 2 / 8°
- Fri-3°-2°6.9 mm12 km/h NEBase 2 / 3°
- Sat-6°-1°0.5 mm13 km/h SWBase -1 / 4°
- Sun-7°-5°–6 km/h NEBase -1 / 0°
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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Baula
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Baula, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
3.6 km WNW
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 65% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 6.3% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 855 m low point 64 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 Baula sits
- Region
- Western Region5Iceland45Europe2,143
Nearby places
Baula downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
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GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
15 m low This 3D map reads 919 m at the summit; the official height is 934 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 934 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 919 m | -15 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 907 m | -27 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 2026-09-08)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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