Brennisteinsalda
- Easiest route
- 3.2 km+288 m · about 1.5 h · T3
- Prominence
- 87 m286 ft
- Isolation
- 1.0 km
- Tonight
- -7°CFog · Wind 11 km/h E
Brennisteinsalda is an 881 m (2,890 ft) volcano in the Torfajökull, Southern Region, Iceland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 881 m · 2,890 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Bláhnjúkur (940 m)
- Range
- Torfajökull
- Region
- Southern Region, Iceland
- Coordinates
- 63.9807° N, 19.0953° W
How to get to the top of Brennisteinsalda
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Trailhead, 2.1 km ENE of Brennisteinsalda
- Distance
- 3.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +288 m−11 m (945 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Brennisteinsalda 3D map
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Brennisteinsalda terrain and contours
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Brennisteinsalda weather
Tonight · Fog · -7°C (19°F) · 0.1 mm · Wind 11 km/h E
Brennisteinsalda forecast for the summit, about 881 m.
- Tonight-7°0.1 mm11 km/h E
- Today-9°-4°0.2 mm24 km/h NW
- Sun-9°-5°–26 km/h NW
- Mon-8°-5°0.5 mm17 km/h W
- Tue-4°-3°0.8 mm21 km/h W
- Wed-4°-2°28.2 mm39 km/h SE
- Thu-1°3°42.8 mm64 km/h SE
- Fri-2°-1°38.7 mm32 km/h E
- Sat-7°-1°3.6 mm22 km/h S
- Sun-7°-5°–7 km/h S
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 Brennisteinsalda
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Brennisteinsalda, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
2.0 km NE
Nearest hut
Landmannalaugar
Nearest parking
2.1 km ENE
Nearest campsite
Landmannalaugar
Nearest caravan site
2.2 km NE
All mapped places 11
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Trailhead | 2.0 km NE |
| LandmannalaugarHut | 2.0 km NE |
| Parking | 2.1 km ENE |
| LandmannalaugarCampsite | 2.1 km ENE |
| Caravan site | 2.2 km NE |
| Parking | 2.4 km NE |
| Parking | 4.4 km NNE |
| Trailhead | 6.3 km E |
| HöskuldsskáliCampsite | 6.3 km SSW |
| HöskuldsskáliHut | 6.4 km SW |
| Trailhead | 6.6 km SE |
How steep is the route to Brennisteinsalda?
The easiest mapped route, 3.2 km from 592 m to 881 m. Steepest stretch: 23°.
- 0–15°3.0 km
- 15–30°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Brennisteinsalda summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Bláhnjúkur940 m 1.3 km ESE
- 2Suðurnámur920 m 2.4 km N
- 3Reykjakollur741 m 2.8 km E
- 4Norðurbarmur757 m 2.8 km ENE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 89 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Moss Campion63
- Sea Thrift60
- Red-necked Phalarope36
- Alpine Catchfly34
- Velvetbells32
- Common Butterwort27
Where Brennisteinsalda sits
- Region
- Southern Region20Iceland45Europe2,143
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Brennisteinsalda downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 872 m at the summit; the official height is 881 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 881 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 872 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 865 m | -16 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 2025 (scene 2025-08-20)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, 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 · Wikipedia