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View from Eldfell Crater Edge – View from Eldfell Volcano loop from Vestmannaeyjar

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View from Eldfell Crater Edge – View from Eldfell Volcano loop from Vestmannaeyjar

Hard

4.7

(3)

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View from Eldfell Crater Edge – View from Eldfell Volcano loop from Vestmannaeyjar

02:40

8.80km

200m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.41 km for 1.06 km

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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572 m

Fiskhellar (Fish Caves) and Monument to the 1627 Algerian Raid

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For centuries the fishermen-farmers made shelters of rock for fish in the cliffs, at Fiskhellar (Fish Caves); some of them still remain but most have been destroyed. It was a …

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2.52 km

Lava Field and Buried Houses, Heimaey

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Nice hiking trail towards Eldfell if you don't want to go through the village

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3.38 km

Lupine Fields

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3.57 km

Eldfell Volcano

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4.50 km

View from Eldfell Crater Edge

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The Eldfell is a volcano with a 200m high cinder cone on Heimaey. It formed without warning in a volcanic eruption a few hundred meters outside the town of Heimaey …

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4.61 km

View of Eldfell and Heimaey Island

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Recommended is a hike to the volcano Eldfell. From the harbor, it is about 1.2-2 km walk, until you reach the trail to the Eldfell. A tour on the lava …

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4.62 km

View from Eldfell Volcano

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Recommended is a hike to the volcano Eldfell. From the harbor, it is about 1.2-2 km walk, until you reach the trail to the Eldfell. Once at the top, you …

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5.45 km

View from Eldfell Crater

Highlight • Volcano

The Eldfell is a volcano with a 200m high cinder cone on Heimaey. It formed without warning in a volcanic eruption a few hundred meters outside the town of Heimaey …

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8.80 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.25 km

1.64 km

1.46 km

1.36 km

1.12 km

969 m

Surfaces

3.84 km

1.76 km

1.61 km

1.10 km

361 m

136 m

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

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Wednesday 26 August

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Fiskhellar (Fish Caves) and Monument to the 1627 Algerian Raid

Lava Field and Buried Houses, Heimaey

Lupine Fields

Eldfell Volcano

View from Eldfell Crater Edge

View of Eldfell and Heimaey Island

View from Eldfell Volcano

View from Eldfell Crater

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