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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 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 the glacier lake
Breiðárlón Breiðárlón () is a glacial lake, glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. The glacier calving into the lagoon is a part of Vatnajökull National Park and the better known glacier lake Jökulsárlón is not far from ...
a little river flows into the Fjallsárlón. Above, there is looming the famous volcano Öræfajökull. At its shore, in the summertime, it is better to beware of the skúas, big
seagull Gulls, or colloquially seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns and skimmers and only distantly related to auks, and even more distantly to waders. Until the 21st century, m ...
s which have their nests on the ground around the lake.


See also

* List of lakes of Iceland {{DEFAULTSORT:Fjallsarlon Lakes of Iceland