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Eldgjá
- Depth
- 319 m
- Rim
- 703 m
- Length
- 19.4 km
- Tonight
- -7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 11 km/h N
Eldgjá is up to 319 m deep: the rim reaches 703 m and the floor 359 m, along 19.4 km.
All facts
- Floor
- 359 m
Depth of Eldgjá
Up to 319 m deep (typically 164 m) along the 19.4 km in view.
Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).
Eldgjá 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 12.2 × 12.2 km
Eldgjá terrain and contours
20 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.
Eldgjá elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Eldgjá weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · -7°C (19°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 11 km/h N
Eldgjá forecast for about 703 m.
- Tonight-7°0.8 mm11 km/h N
- Sat-7°-2°–36 km/h N
- Sun-6°-3°–31 km/h NW
- Mon-7°-4°0.5 mm22 km/h NW
- Tue-2°-1°0.5 mm30 km/h NW
- Wed-4°-1°32.4 mm36 km/h SE
- Thu0°5°49.1 mm59 km/h SE
- Fri0°0°50.8 mm28 km/h E
- Sat-4°0°10.0 mm25 km/h W
- Sun-9°-3°–14 km/h NW
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 Eldgjá
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Eldgjá, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.8 km SSW
Nearest campsite
Skælingar
Nearest hut
Skælingar
Slope
Share of the 12.2 × 12.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 82% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 2.7% of the 149 km² view
- Relief in view
- 599 m low point 328 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.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.1 km of Eldgjá.
Summit list 4
- 1Ljónstindur796 m 2.2 km NW
- 2Gjátindur943 m 2.7 km NNE
- 3Hörðubreið822 m 3.7 km W
- 4Veðurháls801 m 5.2 km NNE
Where Eldgjá sits
- Protected area
- Vatnajökull National Park11
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- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)