Shield volcano · Southern Region

Skjaldbreiður

1,060 m3,478 ft

Prominence: 545 m1,789 ft
Isolation: 9.6 km
Tonight: -11°CPartly cloudy · Wind 10 km/h NE

Skjaldbreiður is a 1,060 m (3,478 ft) shield volcano in Southern Region, Iceland.

All facts

Elevation: 1,060 m · 3,478 ft
Nearest higher peak: Hlöðufell (1,186 m)
Region: Southern Region, Iceland
Coordinates: 64.4082° N, 20.7547° W

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3D map

Skjaldbreiður 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.2 × 6.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Skjaldbreiður terrain and contours

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 summit

Skjaldbreiður elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Skjaldbreiður weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -11°C (12°F) · Wind 10 km/h NE

Skjaldbreiður forecast for the summit, about 1,060 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 479 m.

Tonight-11°–10 km/h NEBase -8°
Today-13°-7°–20 km/h NBase -10 / -4°
Sun-12°-8°–16 km/h NBase -9 / -5°
Mon-12°-7°0.1 mm8 km/h NEBase -9 / -4°
Tue-7°-5°2.3 mm11 km/h NWBase -4 / -2°
Wed-4°-3°49.8 mm28 km/h SEBase -1 / 0°
Thu-3°2°29.3 mm37 km/h EBase 0 / 5°
Fri-3°-3°13.3 mm20 km/h EBase 0 / 0°
Sat-7°-2°0.5 mm5 km/h WBase -4 / 1°
Sun-7°-6°–8 km/h EBase -4 / -3°

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.

Slope

Share of the 6.2 × 6.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

99.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

0.9%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 38 km² view
Relief in view: 581 m low point 479 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Moss & lichen 54.2%Grassland 23.3%Bare rock / sparse 20.7%Snow & ice 1.8%

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

Where it sits

Where Skjaldbreiður sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

HengillPeak · 803 m45 km SW

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGSkjaldbreiður satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,060 m at the summit; the official height is 1,060 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,060 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,060 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,048 m	-12 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 2026-09-08)
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 · GeoNames · Wikipedia