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    Glaciers are some of Iceland’s most representative natural objects. After all, it is not without reason that the island is called by many the land of fire and ice precisely. They occupy as much as 10% of Iceland’s entire surface area, and it is for these extraordinary landscapes that many people choose to tour the country. It’s not every day that you get the chance to see huge, massive, almost endless ice blocks, is it?

    The largest glacier on the entire island is Vatnajökull, whose beautiful ice tongues can be easily admired from many places regardless of the season. The Jökulsárlón ice lagoon, with its wonderfully blue water, is also incredibly impressive. Ice attractions are plentiful on the island.

    Read the following articles and you will learn more about the glaciers themselves and where the most beautiful places to admire them lie.

    Top glaciers in Iceland

    Ice Caves – Icelandic Natural Marvels

    Ice caves (or glacial caves) are some of the most beautiful, mesmerising and unique places you can visit in Iceland. What are they, where can you see them,…

    Eyjafjallajokull – Iceland’s Most (in)Famous Volcano

    Eyjafjallajokull is a subglacial volcano that became world famous for its 2010 eruption. The sheer amount of volcanic ash it threw into the atmosphere paralyzed air travel across…

    Bardarbunga – an Active Volcano Covered by the Vatnajokull Glacier

    The Bardarbunga (Bárðarbunga) volcano created the Holuhraun lava field – the largest to form in Iceland in more than 200 years. Its last eruption ended in 2015, but…

    How Has Iceland Formed – Its Geology in a Nutshell

    Iceland owes its beautiful landscapes to unusual volcanic (and glacial) activity. But why exactly here are there so many active volcanoes? And why exactly here - in the…

    Svinafellsjokull – an Unearthly Glacier Landscape

    Svinafellsjokull (Svínafellsjökull) is one of the southern outlet glaciers of Vatnajökull, Iceland's largest ice cap. It lies in the Skaftafell area of Vatnajökull National Park, a place popular…

    Svartifoss – a Beautiful Waterfall in Skaftafell

    Svartifoss is a stunningly beautiful waterfall in the Skaftafell Nature Reserve (now part of Vatnajökull National Park) - a remarkable area of glacier tongues and lagoons, birch woods,…

    Solheimajokull – One of the Most Easily Accessible Glaciers in Iceland

    Solheimajokull (Sólheimajökull) is an outlet glacier of the mighty Mýrdalsjökull ice cap. It lies on Iceland’s south coast and is one of the most easily accessible glaciers in…

    Snaefellsjokull – Mystical Glacier of Mysterious Energy

    Snaefellsjokull (Snæfellsjökull) is the main volcano of the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. This impressive mountain, 1,446 m (4,744 ft) above sea level, rises in the western part of the peninsula…

    Nyidalur – a Valley in the Icelandic Highlands

    Nýidalur is a great place to stop while traveling across the Icelandic highlands. It is the perfect place to experience the truly remote, often extreme conditions of the…

    Jokulsarlon Lagoon and the Diamond Beach

    Jökulsárlón is the best place in Europe to admire glacier calving. One of the spectacular effects of this phenomenon is the nearby Diamond Beach. Another place worth visiting…