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Laugarvatn

63 m207 ft
Area
2.22 km²
Max depth
2 m
Tonight
-2°CCloudy · Wind 14 km/h N

Laugarvatn is a lake at 63 m above sea level in Iceland, 2.22 km² in area and 2.6 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
63 m
Length
2.6 km
Shoreline
9.4 km
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3D map

Laugarvatn 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4.6 × 4.6 km

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Topographic map

Laugarvatn 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 centre

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

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Lake

Laugarvatn in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

2.6 km longest500 mN ↑
Shoreline
9.4 km≈2¼ h to walk around
Weather

Laugarvatn weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -2°C (28°F) · Wind 14 km/h N

Laugarvatn forecast for about 63 m.

  • Tonight-2°–14 km/h N
  • Sat-7°2°–15 km/h N
  • Sun-7°0°–19 km/h NW
  • Mon-4°-2°–8 km/h N
  • Tue-2°1°0.6 mm9 km/h NW
  • Wed1°2°36.1 mm27 km/h SE
  • Thu2°9°29.3 mm30 km/h E
  • Fri2°2°14.6 mm13 km/h NE
  • Sat0°3°0.4 mm5 km/h W
  • Sun-1°0°–9 km/h N

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 Laugarvatn

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

All mapped places 5
PlaceDistance
Parking1.5 km WNW
Parking1.5 km WNW
Parking1.5 km WNW
Caravan site1.9 km NW
LaugarvatnCampsite2.0 km NW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4.6 × 4.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 94% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
93.6%
Moderate, 15–30°
4.8%
Steep, 30–45°
1.5%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.1%
Steeper than 30°
1.6% of the 21 km² view
Relief in view
466 m low point 60 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 69.9%Water 11.8%Shrubland 8.0%Moss & lichen 4.1%Trees 2.5%Cropland 2.1%Wetland 0.6%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%Built-up 0.5%

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

Where it sits

Where Laugarvatn sits

Region
Iceland45Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia