Volcano · Southern Region

Katla

1,450 m4,757 ft

Prominence: 228 m748 ft
Isolation: 0.1 km
Tonight: -11°CSnow · Wind 17 km/h NE

Katla is a 1,450 m (4,757 ft) volcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,450 m · 4,757 ft
Nearest higher peak: Eyjafjallajökull (1,651 m)
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 63.6251° N, 19.0719° W

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3D map

Katla 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

Katla topographic map

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Katla elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGKatla satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-19.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Katla weather

Tonight · Snow · -11°C (12°F) · 1.3 mm · Wind 17 km/h NE

Katla forecast for the summit, about 1,450 m.

Tonight-11°1.3 mm17 km/h NE
Sat-14°-6°0.9 mm19 km/h NE
Sun-14°-12°–19 km/h N
Mon-13°-10°0.5 mm14 km/h N
Tue-8°-8°0.1 mm15 km/h NW
Wed-8°-5°54.5 mm22 km/h S
Thu-6°0°73.0 mm29 km/h SE
Fri-6°-5°43.2 mm13 km/h E
Sat-9°-3°3.5 mm9 km/h NW
Sun-8°-8°–4 km/h W

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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.5%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 370 m low point 992 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 100.0%

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

Where it sits

Where Katla sits

Ranked in 1

#4 Volcanoes in Iceland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Fjaðrárgljúfur47 km ENE

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

228 m low This 3D map reads 1,222 m at the summit; the official height is 1,450 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 229 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,450 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,222 m	-228 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,221 m	-229 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 2025 (scene 2025-09-19)
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