Northern Ice Field
- Area
- 0.87 km²
- Lowest point
- 5,457 m
- Tonight
- -9°CFog · Wind 5 km/h S
Northern Ice Field Glacier in Tanzania covers 0.87 km² and spans 5,457–5,792 m above sea level.
All facts
- Highest point
- 5,792 m
Northern Ice Field: size and slope
Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.
- Vertical range
- 335 m
- Mean slope
- 17°
- Faces
- northwestmostly in sun
Northern Ice Field 3D map
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Northern Ice Field terrain and contours
50 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.
Northern Ice Field elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Northern Ice Field weather
Tonight · Fog · -9°C (16°F) · Wind 5 km/h S
Northern Ice Field forecast for about 5,792 m.
- Tonight-9°–5 km/h S
- Today-11°-5°42.0 mm18 km/h SW
- Sun-11°-5°56.2 mm18 km/h SW
- Mon-8°-6°106.6 mm17 km/h SW
- Tue-7°-7°108.0 mm8 km/h SW
- Wed-8°-6°52.3 mm10 km/h SW
- Thu-9°-6°56.4 mm9 km/h S
- Fri-8°-6°69.8 mm11 km/h SW
- Sat-8°-6°79.8 mm8 km/h SW
- Sun-8°-7°68.7 mm9 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, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Northern Ice Field
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Northern Ice Field, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Crater Camp
All mapped places 3
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Crater CampCampsite | 1.7 km SSE |
| Arrow glacier campCampsite | 2.1 km SW |
| Lava Tower CampCampsite | 2.6 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 39.7% of the 9 km² view
- Relief in view
- 962 m low point 4,876 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.
Where Northern Ice Field sits
Nearby places
Northern Ice Field 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 2026-08-10)
- 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)