Lake · Southern Region

Kerið

55 m180 ft

Tonight: -3°CCloudy · Wind 15 km/h N

Kerið is a lake at 55 m above sea level in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Surface elevation: 55 m
Max depth: 55 m

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3D map

Kerið 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kerið 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 centre

Kerið elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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

Weather

Kerið weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -3°C (27°F) · Wind 15 km/h N

Kerið forecast for about 55 m.

Tonight-3°–15 km/h N
Sat-3°2°–20 km/h NW
Sun-5°0°–23 km/h NW
Mon-4°-3°–11 km/h NW
Tue-2°1°–17 km/h NW
Wed0°2°31.7 mm32 km/h SE
Thu2°9°25.6 mm40 km/h SE
Fri1°2°17.4 mm10 km/h E
Sat-2°3°–7 km/h N
Sun-1°0°0.1 mm7 km/h NE

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 Kerið

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

Nearest parking
0.1 km NW
+2 more within 3.4 km
Directions Map
Nearest campsite
Hraunborgir
3.6 km ESE · +2 more within 6.8 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.1 km NW
Parking	2.4 km SW
Parking	3.4 km ESE
HraunborgirCampsite	3.6 km ESE
Tjaldsvæðið í ÞrastaskógiCampsite	5.6 km SW
Borg í GrimsnesiCampsite	6.8 km NE

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

99.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.7%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view: 169 m low point 26 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 55.8%Shrubland 23.7%Trees 19.5%Cropland 0.7%

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

Where it sits

Where Kerið sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ÚlfarsfellPeak · 296 m42 km WNW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGKerið 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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Sources

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)
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Kerið

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking

Nearest campsite