We obtained sediment cores from threshold lakes around the Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland.
Most cores show a transition from minerogenic to organic sediments reflecting a termination of glacial meltwater inflow.
We identified key tephra layers in the lake sediment cores.
The SE part of the early Holocene Drangajökull was larger than at present and persisted until 7.2-7.8 cal. kyr BP.
We speculate that Drangajökull survived Holocene warm periods due to increased winter precipitation during such periods.