Geitlandsjökull

Geitlandsjökull is a lateral glacier of Langjökull, with a flowshed of 13 km2 from the second largest ice cap in Iceland at 904 km2, in the west of Iceland. It has also been used as the name for the substantial Langjökull ice cap, as has the name Suðurjöklar. The highest point of Geitlandsjökull, which lies on top of a tuya, reaches a height of 1400 m.

Unlike most of the outlet glaciers of Langjökull which are retreating, its recent mass balance is stable, as it intercepts the predominant low pressure weather systems from the south-west. In the Grettis saga the outlaw Grettir Ásmundarson climbed Geitlandsjökull and walked south from it to a grassy valley with hot springs and surrounded by glaciers on all sides.