Goldfish Pond
- Location
- Husavik, Northeast Iceland, Iceland
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Goldfish Pond is a geothermal feature in Iceland whose English name — unusual in a country where most springs retain Icelandic designations — may reflect its distinctive golden or amber colour caused by iron minerals and algae in the naturally warm, geothermally charged water. The warm, mineralised water creates a distinctive colour palette and supports specialised microbial and algal communities that give this spring its characteristic golden tones and its memorably descriptive English name. The pool is both a geothermal spectacle and a vivid example of the rich biological and mineral diversity found in Iceland's hot spring environments.