Vatnajokull National Park

by Robert Grac

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Vatnajokull National Park

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Robert Grac

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Jökulsárlón, a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park.

Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.

Jökulsárlón has been a setting for four Hollywood movies: A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and Batman Begins, as well as the reality TV series Amazing Race.

The Jökulsárlón lake provides outstanding views of the ice cap, a vast dome of ice that rises to a height of 3,000 ft (910 m). It spills to the lagoon 12 mi (19 km) away from the jagged glacier hill to the edge of the water line.

The lake developed only about 60 years ago (1948 is mentioned), when the entire area was less than 100 ft (30 m) of glacier, which was only 250 yd (230 m) from the Atlantic Ocean, and 2 mi (3.2 km) away from Vatnajökull.

Vatnajökull was at the shore line of the ocean and dropped icebergs into the ocean.

However, it started drifting inland rapidly every year, leaving deep gorges en route, which got filled with melted water and large chunks of ice.

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September 28th, 2018

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