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Kirkjufell: terrain elevation and local relief
Kirkjufell uses an approximately 430-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 414 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
≈ 430 m
Data-derived estimate- Measurement
- Highest sampled surface in the documented Copernicus terrain section · EGM2008
- Subject or version
- Iceland · bounded land section
- In feet, rounded
- 1,410 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
- 429.8 m at 64.940556°, -23.307222°.
- Local base
- 15.6 m at 64.944167°, -23.297222°. Lowest sampled point within this bounded terrain section.
- Section bounds in WGS84-G1150
- West -23.315833°, east -23.296944°; south 64.934861°, north 64.946528°.
- View and scale
- Orthographic map section facing north. Equal horizontal and vertical map scales. Approximate grid spacing: 26.3 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 West Iceland gives Kirkjufell as 463 meters and supplies the precise coordinate used here. The Copernicus maximum is approximately 430 meters in EGM2008, about 48 meters from that point. The section is confined to land because nearby ocean cells are missing from the source mosaic; no replacement heights are invented. Its narrow grid visibly rounds the peak and omits the surrounding coastline and waterfall.
The local-relief view subtracts the lowest sampled point in this section: 15.6 meters at 64.944167° latitude, -23.297222° longitude. This produces about 414 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
Kirkjufell uses an approximately 430-meter surface estimate in EGM2008 from Copernicus GLO-30. The bounded terrain section has about 414 meters of local relief above its lowest sampled point. Published summit surveys are separate references.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Visit West Iceland: Kirkjufell Mountain
- Copernicus DEM: dataset definition, datums and attribution
- Public Copernicus GLO-30 release documentation
- Copernicus source terrain tile 1 (GeoTIFF)
Kirkjufell’s 463-meter tourism reference remains independent of its approximately 430-meter bounded terrain estimate.
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