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Holárjökull glacierSteinninn · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Tröllajökull glacierRémih · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gljúfurárjökull glacierAhjartar · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

North Iceland Glaciers

88 glaciers in North Iceland — mapped with live road conditions, drive times, and directions.

88 glaciers in North Iceland, led by Holárjökull. All mapped with drive times, directions, and live road conditions.

Distances between them

1Ingjaldsjökull Vesturárdalsjökull2.1 km · ~2 min drive
2Vesturárdalsjökull Skíðadalsjökull3.9 km · ~5 min drive
3Skíðadalsjökull Kaldbaksjökull42.3 km · ~51 min drive
4Kaldbaksjökull Syðri-Brettingsstaðajökull12.7 km · ~15 min drive
5Syðri-Brettingsstaðajökull Grímslandsjökull14.6 km · ~18 min drive

88 glaciers in North Iceland

Skíðadalsjökull

Skíðadalsjökull is a mountain glaciers, usually connected by firn, at the head of Skíðadalur valley, for which it is named, northern Iceland. The name comes from the Skíðadalur valley.

Sveipsjökull

Sveipsjökull is a cirque glacier in Sveigur (the correct name is Sveipur and the glacier should, therefore, be called Sveipsjökull), a curving slope for which it is named, at the head of Hraungerðisdalur, northern Iceland.

Lambárjökull

Lambárjökull is a cirque glacier west of Bægisárjökull and north of Lambárhnjúkur at the head of Lambárdalur, Tröllaskagi, northern Iceland. The name comes from the Lambá creek.

Holárjökull glacier

Holárjökull

Holárjökull is a cirque glacier on the east side of Holárfjall, Skíðadalur, northern Iceland. The name comes from the Holárfjall mountain.

Tröllajökull glacier

Tröllajökull

Glacier tongue reaching toward the lowlands. Blue ice, ancient air, and a reminder of ice ages past. Iceland's glaciers are windows into deep time.

Gljúfurárjökull glacier

Gljúfurárjökull

Outlet glacier flowing from Iceland's ice caps. These frozen rivers of ice are retreating fast - see them while they last. Each one tells a story in its layers.

Vinðeimajökull glacier

Vinðeimajökull

Glacial feature in the land of fire and ice. Where else can you stand on ancient ice above active volcanoes?