List of lakes of Iceland

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Template:Short description Iceland has over 20 lakes larger than 10 km2 (4 sq mi), and at least 40 others varying between 2.5 and 10 km2 (1 to 4 sq mi) in size. This list also includes a few smaller lakes and ponds that are considered notable (for example Tjörnin in Reykjavik). The figures for many of the smaller lakes are unreliable. Also, some larger lakes vary considerably in size between years or seasons or, for the reservoirs, according to the needs of power plants. Some power plant reservoirs may not be present despite being larger than listed lakes.

Larger lakes (>10 km2)

Name Volume Area Depth Notes
Gigalitres Billion cu ft km2 mi2 m ft
Þórisvatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hydroelectric reservoir, south central Iceland
Þingvallavatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Named for Þingvellir, site of ancient parliament
Hálslón Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Reservoir for the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant. [1][2] The maximum depth of 180 m is reached in late summer when the reservoir fills up and excess water starts to flow over through the spillway. In winter, the surface elevation, and thus the maximum depth, of the lake drops by approximately 45 m. In a very dry year a further drop of 20 m is expected, meaning that the depth of the lake at its deepest point can vary between 115 m and 180 m.[1]
Blöndulón Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hydroelectric reservoir, N Iceland, named for R Blanda
Lagarfljót (Lögurinn) Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Hydroelectric reservoir, largest lake in E Iceland and the largest longitudinal lake in Iceland
in a valley probably arising from a geological fault;
fed by meltwater from Vatnajökull
Hágöngulón Script error: No such module "convert". [3] Script error: No such module "convert". [4] Natural lake in Highlands, again fed by meltwater from Vatnajökull
Mývatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Tourist and ornithological honeypot, N Iceland
Hóp Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Tidal lagoon on the bay Húnaflói in N Iceland (area varies tidally)
Hvítárvatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Natural lake in the Highlands, fed by meltwater from Langjökull to which it is adjacent
Langisjór Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Another longitudinal lake fed by meltwater from Vatnajökull
Kvíslavatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Another lake in the Highlands, but unusual in that it is in a low-lying flat area and is marshy in nature. One of the sources of the Þjórsá.
Sultartangalón Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Reservoir further down the Þjórsá valley
Jökulsárlón Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".[2] (Iceland's deepest)(1999 estimate - size and depth increasing because of glacier melting)
Glacial lagoon
Grænalón Script error: No such module "convert".
Skorradalsvatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Sigöldulón Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". (also known as "Krókslón")
Apavatn Script error: No such module "convert".
Heiðarlón Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". [5] This is a planned hydroelectric reservoir near the mouth of the Þjórsá.
Svínavatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Öskjuvatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert".
Vesturhópsvatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". In N Iceland near Hóp (see above)
Höfðavatn Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". Coastal lagoon in N Iceland
Grímsvötn A lake that forms in the caldera of the subglacial volcano of the same name. On one theory, the meaning of the name is "Odin’s lake", although several other explanations are possible, given that Grímur is a common man's name in Iceland.[3]
Hestvatn Small reservoir in SW Iceland (6 km2)


("Horse lake")

Smaller lakes (<10 km2)

See also

References

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