Sólheimajökull

Sólheimajökull one of the valley glaciers of Myrdalsyokull (August 2007). Sólheimajökull, which is an outlet glacier from the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap, also occupies a basin that reaches some 100 m below sea level a few km inside the present ice margin. It is presently retreating about 100 m/yr, and within a couple of decades (given the present rate of retreat continuing) an ice lake will form in front of the glacier.