Helgafell
- Prominence
- 70 m230 ft
- Isolation
- 4.8 km
- Region
- Iceland
- Tonight
- -3°CFog · Wind 13 km/h SE
Helgafell is a 73 m (240 ft) mountain in Iceland.
All facts
- Elevation
- 73 m · 240 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Drápuhlíðarfjall (527 m)
- Coordinates
- 65.0424° N, 22.7281° W
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
Helgafell terrain and contours
5 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.
Helgafell elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Helgafell weather
Tonight · Fog · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 13 km/h SE
Helgafell forecast for the summit, about 73 m.
- Tonight-3°–13 km/h SE
- Sat-3°2°0.2 mm28 km/h NE
- Sun-2°1°–19 km/h SW
- Mon-1°1°0.4 mm13 km/h S
- Tue-1°2°3.3 mm10 km/h W
- Wed2°2°23.1 mm39 km/h S
- Thu4°9°12.7 mm41 km/h SE
- Fri2°3°7.9 mm26 km/h S
- Sat0°3°0.2 mm9 km/h S
- Sun0°1°–9 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, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Helgafell
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Helgafell, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.2 km WSW
Nearest campsite
Tjaldsvæðið í Stykkishólmi
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.2 km WSW |
| Parking | 2.6 km NNW |
| Tjaldsvæðið í StykkishólmiCampsite | 3.1 km N |
| Parking | 3.2 km N |
| Campsite | 4.4 km SSW |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.0% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 74 m low point -4 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Helgafell sits
Nearby places
Helgafell downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 70 m at the summit; the official height is 73 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 73 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 70 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 67 m | -6 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)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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