Breiðárlón () is a glacier lake at the south end of the

Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

Vatnajökull. Formed at the terminus of one of Vatnajökull's biggest outlets, Breiðamerkurjökull, Breiðárlón lies in between Fjallsárlón and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoons. The glacier calving into the lagoon is a part of Vatnajökull National Park and the better known glacier lake Jökulsárlón is not far from there. From Breiðárlón a little river flows into the

Fjallsárlón Fjallsárlón () is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. ''Fjallsjökull'' which is part of the bigger glacier reaches down to the water of the lake and some ice-bergs are drifting by on its surface. The glacie ...

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Glacial lakes Lakes of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub

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