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Skálafell · 771 m · 25 km ENE
Lake · Capital Region

Tjörnin

8 m26 ft
Tonight
-4°CFog · Wind 14 km/h E

Tjörnin is a lake at 8 m above sea level in Capital Region, Iceland.

All facts
Surface elevation
8 m
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3D map

Tjörnin 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Tjörnin terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Tjörnin elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Tjörnin weather

Tonight · Fog · -4°C (25°F) · Wind 14 km/h E

Tjörnin forecast for about 8 m.

  • Tonight-4°–14 km/h E
  • Sat-2°2°–24 km/h N
  • Sun-1°1°–21 km/h N
  • Mon-1°2°–21 km/h SE
  • Tue2°3°0.7 mm12 km/h NW
  • Wed2°4°40.3 mm41 km/h SE
  • Thu4°9°24.5 mm49 km/h SE
  • Fri3°5°9.0 mm27 km/h E
  • Sat1°4°–6 km/h SE
  • Sun2°2°–21 km/h SE

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

Camping & parking near Tjörnin

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

  • Nearest parking

    Ráðhúskjallari

    0.2 km N · +2 more within 0.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Tjaldsvæði í Laugardal

    3.3 km E · +2 more within 7.9 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 6
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km WNW
Parking0.1 km NNW
RáðhúskjallariParking0.2 km N
Tjaldsvæði í LaugardalCampsite3.3 km E
Camper Resort ReykjavíkCampsite6.5 km E
ViðistaðatúniCampsite7.9 km S
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
100.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
67 m low point -4 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 47.1%Built-up 28.8%Grassland 11.2%Trees 10.4%Bare rock / sparse 1.9%Wetland 0.6%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 557 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Whooper Swan767
  • Black-headed Gull645
  • Greylag Goose626
  • Mallard585
  • Tufted Duck517
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull472
Where it sits

Where Tjörnin sits

Region
Capital Region3Iceland45Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
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Sources

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)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia