Volcano · Iceland

Grimsvotn

Elevation

1,719 m

#10,369

in the world

in Iceland

Grimsvotn is a volcano in Iceland, rising to 1,719 m, the 6th highest in Iceland.

Elevation

1,719 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

World rank

#10,369

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Grimsvotn lies in Iceland, in South.

Key facts

Elevation

1,719 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Volcano

Region

South

Coordinates

64.416, -17.319

How it ranks

Among peaks in Iceland

#6of 34

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#10,369of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Hamarinn	1,498 m	26 km
Bardarbunga	2,009 m	26 km
Kistufell	1,332 m	41 km
Tungnafell	1,287 m	48 km
Hrútsfjall	1,721 m	49 km
Þuríðartindur	1,533 m	50 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Grimsvotn.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Akureyri	Iceland	19,219	146 km
Reykjavík	Iceland	118,918	223 km
Kópavogur	Iceland	40,040	225 km
Hafnarfjörður	Iceland	31,525	227 km
Keflavík	Iceland	15,930	258 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.