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Lake · Southern Region

Fjallsárlón

18 m59 ft
Tonight
1°CSleet showers · Wind 23 km/h NW

Fjallsárlón is a lake at 18 m above sea level in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts
Surface elevation
18 m
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3D map

Fjallsárlón 3D map

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Topographic map

Fjallsárlón terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Fjallsárlón elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Fjallsárlón weather

Tonight · Sleet showers · 1°C (34°F) · 5.2 mm · Wind 23 km/h NW

Fjallsárlón forecast for about 18 m.

  • Tonight1°5.2 mm23 km/h NW
  • Sat1°4°0.6 mm33 km/h NW
  • Sun2°4°0.2 mm33 km/h NW
  • Mon1°3°2.1 mm17 km/h NW
  • Tue4°5°0.2 mm9 km/h N
  • Wed3°6°26.0 mm5 km/h W
  • Thu5°8°52.1 mm23 km/h SE
  • Fri3°5°5.2 mm8 km/h NW
  • Sat4°5°6.1 mm8 km/h N
  • Sun1°4°0.2 mm6 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

Camping & parking near Fjallsárlón

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

All mapped places 4
PlaceDistance
Parking1.2 km SSE
Parking1.6 km ESE
Parking3.8 km SSW
BreidáHut4.6 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 97% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
96.8%
Moderate, 15–30°
2.7%
Steep, 30–45°
0.3%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.2%
Steeper than 30°
0.5% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
266 m low point 5 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.7%Water 24.5%Bare rock / sparse 14.6%Snow & ice 4.5%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 65 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Alpine Lady's-mantle37
  • Black crowberry19
  • Marsh grass-of-Parnassus18
  • Yellow Saxifrage17
  • Woolly Willow15
  • Sea Thrift14
Where it sits

Where Fjallsárlón sits

Region
Southern Region20Iceland45Europe2,143
Protected area
Vatnajökull National Park11
Nearby

Nearby places

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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 2026-08-10)
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)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 · Wikipedia