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Volcano · Southern Region

Öræfajökull

2,110 m6,923 ft

Prominence: 233 m764 ft
Isolation: 2.0 km
Tonight: -15°CSnow showers · Wind 17 km/h N

Öræfajökull is a 2,110 m (6,923 ft) volcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 2,110 m · 6,923 ft
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Protected area: Vatnajökull National Park
Coordinates: 64.0254° N, 16.6447° W

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3D map

Öræfajökull 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Öræfajökull topographic map

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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Öræfajökull elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGÖræfajökull satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-10.

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GIS & GPS

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Weather

Öræfajökull weather

Tonight · Snow showers · -15°C (5°F) · 5.2 mm · Wind 17 km/h N

Öræfajökull forecast for the summit, about 2,110 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,282 m.

Tonight-15°5.2 mm17 km/h NBase -10°
Sat-15°-11°0.2 mm26 km/h NWBase -10 / -6°
Sun-13°-10°1.9 mm26 km/h NWBase -8 / -5°
Mon-13°-12°2.7 mm14 km/h NWBase -8 / -7°
Tue-11°-10°1.3 mm4 km/h NWBase -6 / -5°
Wed-12°-9°29.3 mm6 km/h NWBase -7 / -4°
Thu-9°-5°71.9 mm9 km/h SEBase -4 / 0°
Fri-12°-9°5.6 mm3 km/h NBase -7 / -4°
Sat-11°-8°4.8 mm3 km/h EBase -6 / -3°
Sun-13°-10°–3 km/h SBase -8 / -5°

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.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 71% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

71.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

22.5%

Steep, 30–45°

5.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.1%

Steeper than 30°: 6.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 809 m low point 1,282 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Snow & ice 99.9%

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 Öræfajökull summit.

Summit list 3

1Hvannadalshnúkur2,110 m 2.0 km SW
2Sveinstindur2,059 m 2.3 km SE
3Tindaborg1,695 m 2.7 km W

Where it sits

Where Öræfajökull sits

Ranked in 1

#1 Volcanoes in Iceland

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Fjaðrárgljúfur80 km WSW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

83 m low This 3D map reads 2,027 m at the summit; the official height is 2,110 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 84 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,110 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,027 m	-83 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,026 m	-84 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 2026-08-10)
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 · Wikipedia