Volcano · Iceland

Skjaldbreiður

Elevation

1,060 m

#13,245

in the world

#34

in Iceland

Skjaldbreiður is a volcano in Iceland, rising to 1,060 m, the 34th highest we list in Iceland.

Nearest town

Reykjavík

63 km away

Type

Volcano

GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Skjaldbreiður lies in Iceland, in South.

Key facts

Elevation

1,060 m (3,478 ft)

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Volcano

Region

South

Coordinates

64.409, -20.751

How it ranks

Among peaks in Iceland

#34of 34

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#13,245of 14,616

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
Peak	Elevation	Distance
Hlöðufell	1,188 m	11 km
Prestahnúkur	1,220 m	20 km
Ok	1,113 m	22 km
Hrútafell	1,379 m	61 km
Hekla	1,491 m	70 km
Loðmundur	1,199 m	79 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Skjaldbreiður.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
City	Country	Population	Distance
Reykjavík	Iceland	118,918	63 km
Kópavogur	Iceland	40,040	65 km
Hafnarfjörður	Iceland	31,525	69 km
Keflavík	Iceland	15,930	99 km
Reykjanesbær	Iceland	19,724	99 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.