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Active volcano · Southern Region

Grímsvötn

1,725 m5,659 ft

Prominence: 257 m842 ft
Isolation: 0.4 km
Tonight: -14°CPartly cloudy · Wind 19 km/h NE

Grímsvötn is a 1,725 m (5,659 ft) active volcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,725 m · 5,659 ft
Nearest higher peak: Bárðarbunga (2,010 m)
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Protected area: Vatnajökull National Park
Coordinates: 64.4129° N, 17.3619° W

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3D map

Grímsvötn 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Grímsvötn 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 summit

Grímsvötn elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Grímsvötn weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -14°C (7°F) · 0.2 mm · Wind 19 km/h NE

Grímsvötn forecast for the summit, about 1,725 m.

Tonight-14°0.2 mm19 km/h NE
Sat-14°-11°0.2 mm43 km/h N
Sun-10°-9°5.2 mm43 km/h N
Mon-12°-11°2.5 mm22 km/h NE
Tue-7°-7°2.4 mm27 km/h N
Wed-9°-8°35.5 mm37 km/h S
Thu-5°-1°60.1 mm50 km/h SE
Fri-8°-5°4.1 mm28 km/h SE
Sat-8°-6°3.7 mm25 km/h SE
Sun-12°-10°–13 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Grímsvötn

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

Nearest hut
Grímsfjall
4.7 km E
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
GrímsfjallHut	4.7 km E

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 92% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

91.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.6%

Steep, 30–45°

1.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.8%

Steeper than 30°: 2.7% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 368 m low point 1,329 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 100.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Grímsvötn sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

FjallsárlónLake64 km SE

Downloads

Grímsvötn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGGrímsvötn satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

299 m low This 3D map reads 1,426 m at the summit; the official height is 1,725 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 309 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,725 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,426 m	-299 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,416 m	-309 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 2026-08-25)
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
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

Grímsvötn

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Data sources