Sólheimajökull is a receding tongue of an outlet glacier located. The outlet glacier originates from the much larger Mýrdalsjökull Icecap that is 590 square kilometers, which covers the volcano Katla (Gudmundsson et al., 2021).The feature is 2 kilometers wide and has a length of 8 kilometers (Guide to Iceland, n.d.).

Sólheimajökull 

Proglacial lagoons form from glacier melt water captured by the boundaries of the lateral moraines, terminal moraines, and glacial till. The importance of these glacial features on the landscape serve as an indicator for climate change. 

Proglacial Lagoon

The glacier is covered in black ash from prior eruptions and black tephra originating from a 1918 eruption of Katla Volcano.  Black ash atop the glacial ice aids melting of the ice due to increased absorption of heat based on the albedo change (ice reflects solar energy while black rock absorbs solar energy).

Back ash and black tephra

Glacial Till is rock debris formed from the process of plucking and grinding of the bedrock beneath a moving glacier. The rock is deposited along the glaciers sides and at the terminus from the forces of glacier movement and recession. As the glacier melts retreating from the glacial till, then this feature is also known as recessional moraines.

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