Southern Region

Fjaðrárgljúfur

Floor94 m308 ft

Depth: 125 m
Rim: 387 m
Length: 13.2 km
Tonight: -3°CSnow showers · Wind 12 km/h N

Fjaðrárgljúfur is up to 125 m deep: the rim reaches 387 m and the floor 94 m, along 13.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 94 m

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Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Fjaðrárgljúfur

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Fjaðrárgljúfur, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.5 km NE
+2 more within 2.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	0.5 km NE
Parking	0.7 km SSE
Parking	2.3 km ESE

Depth

Depth of Fjaðrárgljúfur

Up to 125 m deep (typically 89 m) along the 13.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Fjaðrárgljúfur 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Fjaðrárgljúfur 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.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Fjaðrárgljúfur elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Fjaðrárgljúfur weather

Tonight · Snow showers · -3°C (27°F) · 2.2 mm · Wind 12 km/h N

Fjaðrárgljúfur forecast for about 387 m.

Tonight-3°2.2 mm12 km/h N
Sat-4°1°1.1 mm39 km/h NW
Sun-3°-1°–37 km/h NW
Mon-4°-2°0.5 mm28 km/h NW
Tue0°1°0.1 mm33 km/h NW
Wed-2°2°25.5 mm24 km/h E
Thu1°7°39.8 mm40 km/h E
Fri1°2°52.9 mm26 km/h SE
Sat0°4°11.7 mm19 km/h W
Sun-4°0°–18 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.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

84.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

13.6%

Steep, 30–45°

1.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 2.0% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 532 m low point 32 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 92.0%Moss & lichen 5.9%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%Water 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6 km of Fjaðrárgljúfur.

Summit list 4

1Fremra-Hrútafjall361 m 1.5 km WNW
2Innra-Hrútafjall381 m 2.4 km NW
3Stórhóll308 m 3.1 km NNE
4Skálarborg337 m 4.3 km SSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6 km; 69 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Woolly Willow20
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens16
Broom Moth12
Lady's Bedstraw11
Alpine Cinquefoil8
Alpine Lady's-mantle7

Where it sits

Where Fjaðrárgljúfur sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BrennisteinsaldaPeak · 881 m47 km WNW

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGFjaðrárgljúfur satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-12.

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GIS & GPS

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Sources

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 2026-09-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Fjaðrárgljúfur

Nearest parking

West → east through the centre