Jokulsarlon Glacier ice lagoon,Iceland 🇮🇸 (July 2022)

Jökulsárlón is Iceland’s most famous glacier lagoon.

As a glacier lagoon, Jökulsárlón is a lake that is filled with meltwater from an outlet glacier.

These icebergs, other than their scale, are notable for their coloration. Although they are, as expected, largely white, most are also dyed electric blue in part, with black streaks of ash from eruptions centuries past.


When the icebergs finally make it across the lagoon, they either drift out to sea or wash up on the nearby shore. Because of the way they glisten against the black sands of Breiðamerkursandur, this area has been nicknamed ‘the Diamond Beach’.

Jökulsárlón is the deepest lake in the country, with depths of 248 meters (814 feet). With a surface area of 18 square kilometers (7 square miles), it is also growing to be one of the largest.

Jökulsárlón has been featured in the James Bond films A View to Kill in 1985 and Die Another Day in 2002, 2001’s Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and 2005’s Batman Begins.