Hengill · 803 m · 27 km ENE

Mountain · Capital Region

Helgafell

340 m1,115 ft

Prominence: 206 m677 ft
Isolation: 3.8 km
Tonight: -7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 14 km/h E

Helgafell is a 340 m (1,115 ft) mountain in Capital Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 340 m · 1,115 ft
Nearest higher peak: Brennisteinsfjöll (621 m)
Region: Capital Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 64.0096° N, 21.8508° W

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3D map

Helgafell 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Helgafell 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 summit

Helgafell elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Helgafell weather

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

Helgafell forecast for the summit, about 340 m.

Tonight-7°–14 km/h E
Sat-5°0°–19 km/h N
Sun-5°-1°–21 km/h NW
Mon-5°0°–14 km/h SE
Tue-1°1°0.2 mm13 km/h NW
Wed0°3°47.0 mm41 km/h SE
Thu2°7°22.4 mm52 km/h SE
Fri1°3°11.4 mm20 km/h SE
Sat-1°1°–5 km/h S
Sun-1°0°0.2 mm18 km/h SE

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

Mostly gentle: 93% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

92.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

6.0%

Steep, 30–45°

1.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 290 m low point 46 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 86.9%Bare rock / sparse 7.1%Trees 4.8%Moss & lichen 0.6%

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 3 km; 55 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Black crowberry6
Mother of Thyme6
Rock Ptarmigan5
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens5
Roseroot5
Common heather5

Where it sits

Where Helgafell sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Blue LagoonLake32 km WSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 337 m at the summit; the official height is 340 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	340 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	337 m	-3 m
Copernicus GLO-90	332 m	-8 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 2026-09-08)
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
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