Skeiðarárjökull

Southern Region · Iceland

Skeiðarárjökull, Iceland
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A vast outlet glacier of Vatnajökull that feeds the braided rivers of the Skeiðarársandur plain. Periodic glacial floods from beneath the ice have repeatedly reshaped this southern outwash desert.

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