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Hvannadalshnúkur: terrain elevation and local relief
Hvannadalshnúkur uses an approximately 2,092-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,757 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 2,092 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Iceland · summit ice and surrounding terrain section
- In feet, rounded
- 6,861.9 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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Terrain boundary, base and datum
- Vertical reference
- EGM2008. Published surveys are separate; no datum conversion is applied.
- Highest sampled surface
- 2091.5 m at 64.013889°, -16.678333°.
- Local base
- 334.3 m at 63.988056°, -16.790000°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West -16.790833°, east -16.565833°; south 63.982361°, north 64.045139°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 27.2 m east-west and 31.0 m north-south. Lower and surrounding terrain omitted.
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
A little more perspective
Visit Iceland’s general-information reference lists Hvannadalshnjúkur at 2,110 meters. This bounded Copernicus section reaches about 2,092 meters in EGM2008, with its maximum close to the summit identity coordinate. The modeled surface includes the surrounding ice-covered terrain at the dataset’s acquisition period; neutral shading does not depict today’s snow or crevasses. Both spellings remain searchable.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 334.3 meters at 63.988056° latitude, -16.790000° longitude. This produces about 1,757 meters of relief within the stated boundary. It is not a universal mountain base, a route’s total ascent, or topographic prominence.
The rendered surface uses the public 2021 Copernicus release, primarily based on TanDEM-X observations from 2011–2015 with infill from other sources. It is a surface model rather than a current bare-earth survey. Neutral shading explains the geometry without claiming a snow season or photographic ground texture. No datum conversion or summit correction is applied.
Quick facts
Hvannadalshnúkur uses an approximately 2,092-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 1,757 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Visit Iceland: general information and highest point
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Wikidata: summit-area identity and initial coordinate
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
- Copernicus source terrain tile 2 (GeoTIFF)
The approximately 2,092-meter sampled surface stays separate from the tourism reference of 2,110 meters. The section base is its lowest sample, not the coast or a glacier route’s starting point.
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