Mývatn
- Area
- 39 km²
- Max depth
- 5 m
- Tonight
- -8°CFair · Wind 5 km/h S
Mývatn is a lake at 278 m above sea level in Northeastern Region, Iceland, 39 km² in area and 11.2 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 278 m
- Length
- 11.2 km
- Shoreline
- 140.1 km
Mývatn in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 140.1 km
Mývatn 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.2 × 13.2 km
Mývatn 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.
Mývatn elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Mývatn weather
Tonight · Fair · -8°C (18°F) · Wind 5 km/h S
Mývatn forecast for about 278 m.
- Tonight-8°–5 km/h S
- Sat-8°-3°0.6 mm21 km/h NW
- Sun-1°0°20.9 mm21 km/h NW
- Mon-1°0°5.3 mm10 km/h SW
- Tue1°1°7.4 mm10 km/h NW
- Wed-2°1°0.1 mm13 km/h SE
- Thu4°7°4.8 mm33 km/h SE
- Fri-2°2°–10 km/h S
- Sat-1°3°1.1 mm10 km/h SE
- Sun-5°1°–6 km/h S
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 near Mývatn
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mývatn, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.7 km SE
Nearest campsite
Vogar
Slope
Share of the 13.2 × 13.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 98% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.1% of the 174 km² view
- Relief in view
- 267 m low point 260 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.6 km; 325 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Horned Grebe267
- Eurasian Wigeon237
- Tufted Duck225
- Red-necked Phalarope183
- Barrow's Goldeneye173
- Bearberry159
Where Mývatn sits
- Region
- Northeastern Region8Iceland45Europe2,143
Nearby places
Mývatn downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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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)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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)