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Sascha Pare

Diamond Beach: Iceland's spellbinding black sand beach covered in sparkling ice jewels

Iceland's Diamond Beach with black sand and chunks of ice that sparkle under the rising sun. .
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Name: Diamond Beach

Location: South Coast of Iceland

Coordinates: 64.04444424566333, -16.17757792223207

Why it's incredible: The beach is littered with gleaming fragments of iceberg.

Diamond Beach is a strip of jet-black sand covered in sparkling chunks of ice. The beach is a stone's throw away from Iceland's Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, a clear lake that ferries giant icebergs to the Atlantic Ocean.

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