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Image credits & map data

We only use freely licensed photos from Wikimedia Commons, resized and re-encoded by us. Captions describe only what the Commons file description says; a glacier photo is never presented as a specific ice cave.

ImageAuthorLicenceCommons description (as published)
Ice Cave Blue Roof - Iceland.jpgEric KilbyCC BY-SA 2.0Light shining through the ice into a large chamber, this was shot on a rock shelf on one side of the room.
Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland, 20240719 1404 2586.jpgJakub HałunCC BY 4.0Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland
Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Iceland, 20240718 1523 2050.jpgJakub HałunCC BY 4.0Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Iceland
View of Mýrdalsjökull Glacier from Road 1 in Mýrdalshreppur municipality, Iceland, 20240720 0905 2851.jpgJakub HałunCC BY 4.0View of Mýrdalsjökull Glacier from Road 1 in Mýrdalshreppur municipality, Iceland
Solheimajokul04(js).jpgJerzystrzeleckiCC BY 3.0Sólheimajökull - południowo-zachodni język lodowca Myrdalsjokull
Remote view of Langjökull from Road 35, Iceland, 20230501 0928 3774.jpgJakub HałunCC BY-SA 4.0View of Langjökull glacier from Road 35, Bláskógabyggð municipality, Iceland

Map

The coastline of Iceland is from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:50m countries). Glacier and town markers use the coordinate (P625) recorded on Wikidata: Reykjavík, Vík, Breiðamerkurjökull, Mýrdalsjökull (Katla tours), Sólheimajökull, Langjökull (Into the Glacier). Checked 2026-10-24. The map is illustrative and not for navigation.

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