Bláfjall · 1,222 m · 31 km S

Volcano · Northeastern Region

Krafla

818 m2,684 ft

Easiest route: 1.0 km+200 m · about 0.5 h
Prominence: 295 m967 ft
Isolation: 8.8 km
Tonight: -13°CFog · Wind 8 km/h E

Krafla is an 818 m (2,684 ft) volcano in Northeastern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 818 m · 2,684 ft
Nearest higher peak: Búrfell á Mývatnsöræfum (953 m)
Region: Northeastern Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 65.7140° N, 16.7297° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Krafla

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

From Road end, 0.8 km W of Krafla

Distance: 1.0 kmone way
Climb: +200 m(656 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Krafla elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

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

3D map

Krafla 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

Krafla terrain and contours

20 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 100 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

Krafla weather

Tonight · Fog · -13°C (9°F) · Wind 8 km/h E

Krafla forecast for the summit, about 818 m.

Tonight-13°–8 km/h E
Sat-12°-5°1.0 mm23 km/h NW
Sun-4°-2°18.1 mm25 km/h NW
Mon-4°-3°4.5 mm11 km/h W
Tue-2°-1°7.0 mm15 km/h NW
Wed-7°-2°0.1 mm25 km/h SE
Thu1°3°5.5 mm31 km/h SE
Fri-5°-1°–25 km/h SE
Sat-4°-1°1.3 mm14 km/h SE
Sun-9°-2°–4 km/h SW

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Krafla

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

Nearest parking
1.3 km WNW
+2 more within 2.0 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Hliðarhagi
7.7 km NE
Directions Map

All mapped places 4

Place	Distance
Parking	1.3 km WNW
Parking	1.8 km W
Parking	2.0 km W
HliðarhagiHut	7.7 km NE

Slope

How steep is the route to Krafla?

The easiest mapped route, 1.0 km from 604 m to 818 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.

0 km · 604 m1.0 km · 818 m

0–15°0.8 km
15–30°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Moss & lichen 55.5%Bare rock / sparse 24.3%Grassland 20.0%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Krafla summit.

Summit list 3

1Hrafntinnuhryggur706 m 1.4 km SSE
2Graddabunga783 m 2.3 km NNE
3Sandbotnafjall696 m 2.5 km S

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 82 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Moss Campion20
Eight-petal Mountain-Avens16
Sea Thrift15
Snow Bunting11
Moss Bell-heather11
Alpine Cudweed11

Where it sits

Where Krafla sits

Ranked in 1

#7 Volcanoes in Iceland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

ÖskjuvatnLake · 1,053 m76 km S

Downloads

Krafla 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

JPGKrafla satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXKrafla 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 813 m at the summit; the official height is 818 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	818 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	813 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	806 m	-12 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 2026-08-25)
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

Krafla

From Road end, 0.8 km W of Krafla

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest hut

Data sources