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Jökulsárlón (; literally "glacial river lagoon") is a large glacial lake in southeast Iceland, on the edge of Vatnajökull National Park. Situated at the head of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, it developed into a lake after the glacier started receding from the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The lake has grown since then at varying rates because of melting of the glaciers. It is now away from the ocean's edge and covers an area of about . It recently became the deepest lake in Iceland, at over , as glacial retreat extended its boundaries. The size of the lake has increased fourfold since the 1970s. It is considered as one of the natural wonders of Iceland. The lake can be seen from Route 1 between Höfn and Skaftafell. It appears as "a ghostly procession of luminous blue icebergs".〔 Jökulsárlón has been a setting for four Hollywood movies: ''A View to a Kill'', ''Die Another Day'', ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' and ''Batman Begins'', as well as the "reality TV" series ''Amazing Race''.〔 In 1991 Iceland issued a postage stamp, with a face value of 26 kronur, depicting Jökulsárlón.〔 The tongue of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier is a major attraction for tourists. ==History== The first settlers arrived in Iceland around AD 870, when the edge of the tongue of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier was about further north of its present location. During the Little Ice Age between 1600 and 1900, with cooler temperatures prevailing in these latitudes, the glacier had grown by up to about from the coast at Jokulsá River, by about 1890. When the temperatures rose between 1920 and 1965, the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier tongue rapidly retreated, continually creating icebergs of varying size, thus creating a lagoon in its wake around 1934–35. The lake is about deep where the glacier snout originally existed. Glacial moraines became exposed on both sides of the lake. In 1975, the lake was about in area and now it reportedly stands at at the edge of the glacier tongue.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jökulsárlón」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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