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Hvannadalshnúkur

2,110 m6,923 ft

Easiest route: 11.2 km+1,984 m · about 6 h
Prominence: at least 1,462 m4,795 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -15°CHeavy snow showers · Wind 13 km/h NE

Hvannadalshnúkur is a 2,110 m (6,923 ft) summit in the Highlands of Iceland, Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,110 m · 6,923 ft
Range: Highlands of Iceland
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Protected area: Vatnajökull National Park
Spanish name: Hvannadalshnjúkur
Coordinates: 64.0137° N, 16.6781° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Hvannadalshnúkur

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 9.4 km SW of Hvannadalshnúkur

Distance: 11.2 kmone way
Climb: +1,984 m−32 m (6,509 ft up)
Time up: about 6 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Hvannadalshnúkur elevation profile

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

3D map

Hvannadalshnúkur 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.8 × 9.8 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Hvannadalshnúkur terrain and contours

100 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 500 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

Hvannadalshnúkur weather

Tonight · Heavy snow showers · -15°C (5°F) · 5.9 mm · Wind 13 km/h NE

Hvannadalshnúkur forecast for the summit, about 2,110 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 112 m.

Tonight-15°5.9 mm13 km/h NEBase -2°
Today-15°-11°0.2 mm17 km/h NEBase -2 / 2°
Sun-13°-10°1.9 mm18 km/h WBase -3 / 2°
Mon-13°-12°2.5 mm10 km/h NBase -3 / 0°
Tue-11°-10°1.1 mm5 km/h NEBase 1 / 1°
Wed-11°-9°25.4 mm4 km/h NEBase 1 / 2°
Thu-9°-5°67.0 mm10 km/h EBase 3 / 8°
Fri-12°-8°4.6 mm5 km/h EBase 2 / 4°
Sat-11°-8°4.1 mm5 km/h NBase 1 / 5°
Sun-12°-10°–4 km/h EBase 1 / 3°

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

How steep is the route to Hvannadalshnúkur?

The easiest mapped route, 11.2 km from 112 m to 2,110 m. Steepest stretch: 24°.

0 km · 112 m11.2 km · 2,110 m

0–15°9.5 km
15–30°1.7 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 130 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 95.5%Bare rock / sparse 2.9%Moss & lichen 1.4%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4.9 km, measured from the Hvannadalshnúkur summit.

Summit list 6

1Dyrhamar1,917 m 1.3 km WSW
2Tindaborg1,695 m 1.6 km NW
3Sveinstindur2,059 m 3.1 km E
4Vestari hnappur1,849 m 4.7 km SSE
5Hrútfjallstindar - suðurtindur1,860 m 4.8 km NW
6Hrútfjallstindar - miðtindur1,861 m 4.9 km NW

Where it sits

Where Hvannadalshnúkur sits

Ranked in 1

#43 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Fjaðrárgljúfur78 km WSW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGHvannadalshnúkur satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-10.

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GIS & GPS

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

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

18 m low This 3D map reads 2,092 m at the summit; the official height is 2,110 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,110 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,092 m	-18 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,081 m	-29 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 2026-08-10)
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