Volcano · Southern Region

Maelifell

791 m2,595 ft

Prominence: 224 m735 ft
Isolation: 3.8 km
Tonight: -5°CCloudy · Wind 9 km/h NW

Maelifell is a 791 m (2,595 ft) volcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 791 m · 2,595 ft
Nearest higher peak: Torfajökull (1,190 m)
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 63.7993° N, 18.9381° W

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3D map

Maelifell 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

Maelifell 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 summit

Maelifell elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Maelifell weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -5°C (23°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 9 km/h NW

Maelifell forecast for the summit, about 791 m.

Tonight-5°0.4 mm9 km/h NW
Sat-9°-2°1.0 mm30 km/h NW
Sun-8°-5°–29 km/h W
Mon-7°-5°0.4 mm20 km/h W
Tue-4°-3°0.5 mm34 km/h W
Wed-3°-1°43.7 mm22 km/h SE
Thu-2°4°58.8 mm48 km/h E
Fri-3°-1°49.3 mm28 km/h SE
Sat-3°0°4.6 mm20 km/h W
Sun-5°-5°–14 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Maelifell

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

Nearest hut
Strútur á Mælifellssandi
4.7 km NNW
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Nearest campsite
Strútur á Mælifellssandi
4.8 km NNW
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Nearest parking
6.4 km SE
+2 more within 7.1 km
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All mapped places 5

Place	Distance
Strútur á MælifellssandiHut	4.7 km NNW
Strútur á MælifellssandiCampsite	4.8 km NNW
Parking	6.4 km SE
Parking	6.6 km SE
Parking	7.1 km ENE

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

94.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

4.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 248 m low point 534 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 81.9%Moss & lichen 8.5%Snow & ice 7.7%Water 1.3%Grassland 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Maelifell sits

Ranked in 1

#9 Volcanoes in Iceland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Fjaðrárgljúfur38 km E

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMaelifell satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 781 m at the summit; the official height is 791 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	791 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	781 m	-10 m
Copernicus GLO-90	768 m	-23 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 2026-09-12)
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

Maelifell

West → east through the summit

Nearest hut

Nearest campsite

Nearest parking

Data sources