Gígjökull
A steep outlet glacier on the north side of Eyjafjallajökull, dramatically reshaped by the 2010 eruption.
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About Gígjökull
A steep outlet glacier on the north side of Eyjafjallajökull, dramatically reshaped by the 2010 eruption.
See the lasting landscape changes created by the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption at close range.
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Gígjökull offers one of the clearest places to see how the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption reshaped the landscape. Floods and debris altered the glacier front and the former lagoon, leaving a stark terrain of ice, sediment and newly exposed land.
Did You Know?
Gígjökull is an outlet glacier on the north side of Eyjafjallajökull.
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