Glacier
Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon
Where giant blue and black-striped icebergs calved from Breiðamerkurjökull drift silently out to the Atlantic, Jökulsárlón is Iceland’s most iconic natural wonder. With amphibious boat tours and seals swimming among the ice, it gives visitors a surreal polar landscape.
- Region
- East Iceland
- Time to allow
- 1.5 hours
- Entry
- Free
- Season
- All year
Practical information
- Kind
- Glacier
- Road
- Paved
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Nearest town
- Höfn · 53 km
- Reykjavík
- 277 km (as the crow flies)
- Coordinates
- 64.0800, -16.2300
- On the map
- Open location
Before you go
- Boat tours usually run May–October; in winter the lagoon is watched from the shore.
- Don’t step onto the ice: it can roll over at any moment.