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Site description (2000 baseline)
A very large glacial outwash plain formed by the Skeidará river, on the south-east coast by Vatnajökull glacier, and including Ingólfshöfdi and its vicinity. There are some small marshes of sedge (Carex, Eriophorum), sandy areas with rushes Juncus, and flat, gravel areas that are partly or completely vegetated.

Key biodiversity
Not much information on birds is available for the area apart from Ingólfshöfdi, but the breeding avifauna also includes a good variety of waders and other waterbirds.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skeidararsandur (Iceland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skeidararsandur-iba-iceland on 24/11/2024.