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Skeiðará is a relatively short glacier river. It has its source on the glacier Skeiðarárjökull, one of the southern arms of the Vatnajökull in the south of Iceland.
A unique Icelandic experience. Worth your time.
Check local conditions before visiting. Iceland's weather changes fast.
Map of Skeiðará
Skeiðará is on Iceland's South Coast at 63.7833°N, 16.9333°W. The interactive map has the exact pin, parking and everything around it.
Plan your visit
Off the main road- 16.2 km from Route 1
Nearest town- Kirkjubæjarklaustur — 55.7 km away
- Distance from Reykjavík
- 248 km in a straight line
- What else is close
- 14 mapped places within 20 km
Skeiðará weather and conditions
At Skeiðará in South Coast, conditions as of 11 September 2026, 12:45 (Iceland time): 8°C (feels like 4°C), light drizzle, wind 5 m/s gusting to 10 m/s, 0.1 mm precipitation in the last hour. Daylight today: 13 h 35 m (sunrise 06:17, sunset 19:52). Check road status before driving on live road conditions.
Data verified 11 September 2026, 12:45 · source: Open-Meteo at this location’s coordinates · refreshes hourly
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Nearby
km column = your drive
- 1
Gígjukvísl26 km - 2
Núpsvötn28 km - 3Súlnadalsá36 km
- 4
Fossálar46 km - 5Tangalækur47 km
Waterfalls
A waterfall in South Coast.
A waterfall in South Coast.
A waterfall in South Coast.
A waterfall in South Coast.
Hot Springs
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Public_bath hot spring
Pool hot spring
Campsites
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Supermarkets
Supermarket — supplies
Nettó supermarket — supplies
Krónan supermarket — supplies
Supermarket — supplies
Gas stations
N1 · 310.9 kr/L petrol
Orkan · 308.6 kr/L petrol
ÓB · 308.7 kr/L petrol
Olís · 310.8 kr/L petrol
Tours
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Data & sources
Everything on this page comes from the sources below. Live feeds refresh automatically.
Wikimedia CommonsHero & gallery photography · Laurent Deschodt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
VegagerðinVisitor access & practical facts
VegagerðinLive road status & cameras · Icelandic Road Administration
Open-MeteoWeather forecast · CC BY 4.0
NOAA SWPCAurora (planetary Kp) forecast · public domain
OpenStreetMapInteractive-map data · ODbL
Esri, Maxar & Earthstar GeographicsSatellite imagery for the 3D terrain render · GIS User Community
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