Volcano · Southern Region

Hengill

803 m2,635 ft

Easiest route: 2.0 km+313 m · about 1 h · T2
Prominence: 551 m1,807 ft
Isolation: 22 km
Tonight: -7°CFog · Wind 10 km/h N

Hengill is an 803 m (2,635 ft) volcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 803 m · 2,635 ft
Nearest higher peak: Þverfellshorn (840 m)
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 64.0837° N, 21.3158° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Hengill

3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.8 km SSW of Hengill

Distance: 2.0 kmone way
Climb: +313 m(1,027 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed

Hengill elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 2

Road end, 2.2 km ENE of Hengill3.0 km · +440 m · about 1.5 h
T2GPX KML
Parking, 2.8 km NE of Hengill3.8 km · +456 m · about 1.5 h
T2GPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Hengill 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.2 × 6.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hengill terrain and contours

25 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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 125 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Hengill weather

Tonight · Fog · -7°C (19°F) · Wind 10 km/h N

Hengill forecast for the summit, about 803 m.

Tonight-7°–10 km/h N
Sat-7°-3°–20 km/h NW
Sun-8°-4°–21 km/h NW
Mon-6°-5°–11 km/h NW
Tue-6°-3°0.1 mm18 km/h NW
Wed-3°-2°53.9 mm35 km/h SE
Thu-2°4°27.4 mm44 km/h SE
Fri-3°-1°12.5 mm15 km/h E
Sat-5°-1°–6 km/h W
Sun-4°-3°0.1 mm11 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, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Hengill

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

Nearest hut
Mulasel
2.6 km W · +1 more within 2.6 km
Directions Map
Nearest parking
2.9 km NE
+2 more within 3.3 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
MulaselHut	2.6 km W
MúlaselHut	2.6 km W
Parking	2.9 km NE
Parking	3.1 km NE
Parking	3.3 km NNE

Slope

How steep is the route to Hengill?

The easiest mapped route, 2.0 km from 473 m to 803 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.

0 km · 473 m2.0 km · 803 m

0–15°1.6 km
15–30°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 69.3%Moss & lichen 19.9%Bare rock / sparse 10.0%Trees 0.7%

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 3.1 km; 39 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sea Thrift5
Mother of Thyme5
Moss Campion4
Common Cottongrass4
Rock Ptarmigan3
European Golden-Plover3

Where it sits

Where Hengill sits

Ranked in 1

#8 Volcanoes in Iceland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

LaugarvatnLake33 km ENE

Downloads

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

Free files made in your browser from this page's terrain data. No sign-up; credit the sources below.

Print & wall

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

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXHengill GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 798 m at the summit; the official height is 803 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	803 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	798 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	793 m	-10 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: 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

Hengill

Easiest route: from Road end, 1.8 km SSW of Hengill

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest parking

Data sources