Peak · Iceland

Katla

Elevation

1,512 m

#11,285

in the world

#14

in Iceland

Katla is a peak in Iceland, rising to 1,512 m, the 14th highest we list in Iceland.

Nearest town

Hafnarfjörður

149 km away

Type

Peak

GeoNames feature code PK

Where it is

Katla lies in Iceland, in South.

Key facts

Elevation

1,512 m (4,961 ft)

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Peak

Region

South

Coordinates

63.631, -19.062

How it ranks

Among peaks in Iceland

#14of 34

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#11,285of 14,616

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
Peak	Elevation	Distance
Eyjafjallajokull	1,651 m	28 km
Hekla	1,491 m	50 km
Laki	1,725 m	64 km
Hamarinn	1,498 m	112 km
Hlöðufell	1,188 m	113 km
Loðmundur	1,199 m	114 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Katla.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
City	Country	Population	Distance
Hafnarfjörður	Iceland	31,525	149 km
Kópavogur	Iceland	40,040	150 km
Reykjavík	Iceland	118,918	150 km
Reykjanesbær	Iceland	19,724	177 km
Keflavík	Iceland	15,930	177 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.