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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

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5.0

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

02:34

8.40km

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: May 6, 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 4.03 km for 1.06 km

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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119 m

Herjólfur's Farmhouse (Herjólfsbær)

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During the period of 1971-1980 the archaeologist Dr. Margrét Hermanns Auðardóttir conducted an excavation in the Valley of Herjólfur, Herjólfsdalur. The remains of eight houses and stonewalls originating from different …

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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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4.13 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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4.24 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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4.25 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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4.73 km

View of Vestmannaeyjar from Eldfell

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Climb the Eldfell volcano and you can see how it has spread its unbridled power over the place. Standing on the edge of a crater is certainly a unique experience.

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5.08 km

View from Eldfell Crater

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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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5.10 km

Eldfell Volcano

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8.40 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.33 km

1.64 km

1.46 km

1.15 km

1.12 km

694 m

Surfaces

4.27 km

1.71 km

1.10 km

642 m

404 m

284 m

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

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Friday 15 May

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6°C

68 %

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Herjólfur's Farmhouse (Herjólfsbær)

Lava Field and Buried Houses, Heimaey

View from Eldfell Crater Edge

View of Eldfell and Heimaey Island

View from Eldfell Volcano

View of Vestmannaeyjar from Eldfell

View from Eldfell Crater

Eldfell Volcano

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