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Bjoertvedt · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0South Coast Glaciers
31 glaciers in South Coast — mapped with live road conditions, drive times, and directions.
31 glaciers in South Coast, led by Kaldaklofsjökull and Torfajökull. All mapped with drive times, directions, and live road conditions.
Top glaciers in South Coast
The region's stand-outs — each with photos, facts, and its own page. Distances on the cards are straight-line from Reykjavík.
Kaldaklofsjökull
Kaldaklofsjökull is a small mountain glacier on Kaldaklofsfjöll in southern Iceland west of Torfajökull, consisting of three parts. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Torfajökull
Torfajökull is an ice cap in the highlands north of Mýrdalsjökull, southern Iceland. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Öldufellsjökull
Surge-type outlet glacier on the northeastern margin of Mýrdalsjökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Skaftafellsjökull
Skaftafellsjökull is an outlet glacier on the southern margin of Vatnajökull and northwestern flank of Öræfajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Skeiðarárjökull
Surge-type glacier on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Gígjökull
Gígjökull is an outlet glacier on the northern margin of Eyjafjallajökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
31 glaciers in South Coast
Kaldaklofsjökull
Kaldaklofsjökull is a small mountain glacier on Kaldaklofsfjöll in southern Iceland west of Torfajökull, consisting of three parts. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Torfajökull
Torfajökull is an ice cap in the highlands north of Mýrdalsjökull, southern Iceland. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Tungnakvíslajökull
Ice formation in Iceland's glacier system. Every glacier here has its own character - shaped by the volcanoes beneath and the climate above.
Öldufellsjökull
Surge-type outlet glacier on the northeastern margin of Mýrdalsjökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Blesárjökull
Blesárjökull is a mountain glacier to the north of Tindfjallajökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Skaftafellsjökull
Skaftafellsjökull is an outlet glacier on the southern margin of Vatnajökull and northwestern flank of Öræfajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Skeiðarárjökull
Surge-type glacier on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Gígjökull
Gígjökull is an outlet glacier on the northern margin of Eyjafjallajökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Kvíárjökull glacier tongue
Kvíárjökull glacier tongue is an outlet glacier on the southeastern margin of Öræfajökull, southern part of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Svínafellsjökull
Southwestern margin of Hoffellsjökull, a western outlet glacier lobe that flows to the south-southeast between Jökulfell on the west and Öldutangi on the east. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Steinsholtsjökull
Steinsholtsjökull is an outlet glacier on the northern margin of Eyjafjallajökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Öræfajökull glacier
Contiguous ice cap within and on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Falljökull
Tributary outlet glacier that merges with Virkisjökull under a debris cover on the western margin of Öræfajökull on the southern part of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Síðujökull
Surge-type outlet glacier on the southwestern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Súlujökull
Name for the southwestern margin of Skeiðarárjökull, on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Merkurjökull
Merkurjökull is an internal ice dome in Mýrdalsjökull that lies adjacent to the Þórsmörk district, for which it is named. “Þórsmerkurjökull” is an alternative name.
Morsárjökull
Morsárjökull is an outlet glacier on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Höfðabrekkujökull
Alternative name of Kötlujökull, an outlet glacier from the southeastern margin of Mýrdalsjökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Kotarjökull
Kotarjökull is an outlet glacier on the southwestern margin of Öræfajökull, southern part of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Virkisjökull
Virkisjökull is an outlet glacier on the western margin of Öræfajökull, southern margin of Vatnajökull, that merges with Falljökull under a debris cover. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Hrútárjökull
Hrútárjökull is an outlet glacier on the eastern margin of Öræfajökull, southern part of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Stígárjökull
Stígárjökull is an outlet glacier from the southern margin of Öræfajökull on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Norðlingalægðarjökull
One of three named ice streams comprising the four ice streams of the Breiðamerkurjökull outlet glacier of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Mávabyggðajökull
One of three named ice streams comprising the four ice streams of the Breiðamerkurjökull outlet glacier of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Heljargnípujökull
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.
Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajökull is an ice cap in southern Iceland. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Mýrdalsjökull
Mýrdalsjökull is an ice cap in southern Iceland with numerous outlet glaciers; it sits astride a major, active volcano, Katla. The name comes from the Mýrdalur district.
Öræfajökull
Contiguous ice cap within and on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
Sólheimajökull
Sólheimajökull is an outlet glacier on the southwestern margin of Mýrdalsjökull. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Tindfjallajökull
Tindfjallajökull is a mountain glacier on Tindfjöll, southern Iceland, in 2005 consisting of two parts. It's part of the Mýrdalsjökull Group.
Breiðamerkurjökull
Broad, piedmont-type compound outlet glacier on the southeastern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.
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