Breiðárlón
Sign in to saveBreiðárlón () is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. Formed at the terminus of one of Vatnajökull's biggest outlets, Breiðamerkurjökull, Breiðárlón lies between Fjallsárlón and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoons.
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- Body of water.name
- Breiðárlón
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- Breiðárlón og Breiðamerkurjökull 0618.jpg
- Body of water.location
- Iceland
- Body of water.type
- glacier lake
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Iceland
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- Iceland
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- Location of Breiðárlón in Iceland.
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- Instance of
- glacial lake
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður
- Image
- Breiðárlón og Breiðamerkurjökull 0618.jpg
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- located in protected area
- Vatnajökull National Park
- basin country
- Iceland
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- Breiðárlón
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Breiðárlón () is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. Formed at the terminus of one of Vatnajökull's biggest outlets, Breiðamerkurjökull, Breiðárlón lies between Fjallsárlón and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoons.
The glacier calving into the lagoon is a part of Vatnajökull National Park, and the better-known glacier lake Jökulsárlón is not far from there. From Breiðárlón, a little river flows into the Fjallsárlón.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Breiðárlón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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