Volcano · Iceland

Eyjafjallajokull

Elevation

1,651 m

#10,693

in the world

in Iceland

Eyjafjallajokull is a volcano in Iceland, rising to 1,651 m, the 8th highest we list in Iceland.

Nearest town

Hafnarfjörður

123 km away

Type

Volcano

GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Eyjafjallajokull lies in Iceland, in South.

Key facts

Elevation

1,651 m (5,417 ft)

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Volcano

Region

South

Coordinates

63.631, -19.633

How it ranks

Among peaks in Iceland

#8of 34

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#10,693of 14,616

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
Peak	Elevation	Distance
Katla	1,512 m	28 km
Hekla	1,491 m	40 km
Laki	1,725 m	84 km
Hlöðufell	1,188 m	98 km
Skjaldbreiður	1,060 m	102 km
Loðmundur	1,199 m	115 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Eyjafjallajokull.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
City	Country	Population	Distance
Hafnarfjörður	Iceland	31,525	123 km
Kópavogur	Iceland	40,040	124 km
Reykjavík	Iceland	118,918	124 km
Reykjanesbær	Iceland	19,724	150 km
Keflavík	Iceland	15,930	150 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.