Western Region

Haukadalur

Floor35 m115 ft

Depth: 587 m
Rim: 714 m
Length: 14.4 km
Tonight: -8°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h E

Haukadalur is up to 587 m deep: the rim reaches 714 m and the floor 35 m, along 14.4 km.

All facts

Floor: 35 m

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Depth

Depth of Haukadalur

Up to 587 m deep (typically 386 m) along the 14.4 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km.

3D map

Haukadalur 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Haukadalur terrain and contours

50 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.

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Haukadalur elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Haukadalur weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 10 km/h E

Haukadalur forecast for about 714 m.

Tonight-8°–10 km/h E
Today-8°-3°0.1 mm20 km/h NE
Sun-9°-5°1.2 mm14 km/h SW
Mon-6°-2°1.3 mm12 km/h S
Tue-3°-3°6.5 mm11 km/h SW
Wed-3°-3°12.1 mm25 km/h S
Thu-2°5°10.5 mm28 km/h S
Fri-2°0°2.0 mm17 km/h S
Sat-4°1°0.1 mm8 km/h SW
Sun-5°-2°–5 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.

Slope

Share of the 13.1 × 13.1 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

73.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.5%

Steep, 30–45°

3.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 3.7% of the 172 km² view
Relief in view: 838 m low point 35 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 66.9%Moss & lichen 30.9%Cropland 1.2%Bare rock / sparse 0.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Haukadalur sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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SkjaldbreiðurPeak · 1,060 m79 km SSE

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JPGHaukadalur satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-08.

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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 2026-09-08)
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