This lava hardened into basalt rocks, and these were then ground into black sand by moving glaciers, according to Guide to ...

The Vatnajokull ice cap is, by volume, the largest in Europe. It covers around 8% of Iceland, the heart of a vast national park where you can drive for miles on end without seeing a house ...

Glacial Majesty: The Ice Contrasting with the fiery spectacle of its volcanoes, Iceland is also home to vast ice caps and ...

Bárðarbunga – located under Iceland's largest ice cap (Vatnajökull) in the centre of the country – last erupted a decade ago, prompting a red travel alert. The volcano's previous ...

The ice shards glisten like diamonds in the sun, the effect enhanced by the volcanic black sand beach. No two trips to the diamond beach near Jokulsarlon lagoon in Iceland are ever the same.

With terrain shaped by volcanic eruptions and shifting tectonic plates, and surrounding waters filled with glaciers, icebergs and whales, Iceland is ... Europe's largest ice cap by volume ...