Breiðárlón

Breiðárlón
Location Iceland
Coordinates 64°03′15″N 16°21′59″W / 64.05417°N 16.36639°W / 64.05417; -16.36639Coordinates: 64°03′15″N 16°21′59″W / 64.05417°N 16.36639°W / 64.05417; -16.36639
Type glacier lake
Basin countries Iceland

Breiðárlón is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull.

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.

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