South Coast Glaciers

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.

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.

Distances between them

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.

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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.

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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.

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Súlujökull

Name for the southwestern margin of Skeiðarárjökull, on the southern margin of Vatnajökull. It's part of the Vatnajökull Group.

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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.

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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.