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First Dead Glacier of Iceland - Okjokull Glacier
August 20 , 2019
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- Okjokull is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as glacier.
- What once was glacier now that has been reduced to a small patch of ice atop a volcano.
- It was officially declared dead in 2014 at the age of 700 when it was no longer thick enough to move.
- In Iceland, the loss of Okjokull glacier was commemorated by people with a plaque.
