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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

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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.

88 glaciers in North Iceland

Distances on the cards are straight-line from Reykjavík.

Sveipsjökull

230 km from Reykjavík

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

235 km from Reykjavík

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

238 km from Reykjavík

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

Tröllajökull glacier

Tröllajökull

235 km from Reykjavík

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

233 km from Reykjavík

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

239 km from Reykjavík

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