Vatnajökull

National Park

(Iceland)

Iceland

Established: June 7, 2008

14,141 km²

Official Site (English): https://www.vatnajokulsthjodgardur.is/en

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatnaj%C3%B6kull_National_Park

Vatnajökull National Park is one of three national parks in Iceland. It encompasses all of Vatnajökull glacier and extensive surrounding areas. These include the national parks previously existing at Skaftafell in the southwest and Jökulsárgljúfur in the north.

The unique qualities of Vatnajökull National Park are primarily its great variety of landscape features, created by the combined forces of rivers, glacial ice, and volcanic and geothermal activity.

Vatnajökull National Park was established on 7 June 2008. When established, the park covered an area of 12,000 km2, but with recent additions of Lakagígar, Langisjór, Krepputunga and Jökulsárlón (including its surrounding areas) it now covers 14,141 km2 or approximately 14% of Iceland, making it Europe's second largest national park in terms of area after Yugyd Va in Russia.

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Vatnajökull National Park (Iceland)

The Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland is gaining popularity each year, with travelers pulled like magnets to the Vatnajökull National Park which spans more than 5,000 square miles of the South East side of the island. The volcanic region boasts turquoise rivers, craters and the tallest icecap in Iceland, rising 7280 feet over the black sand that touches the sea. Arctic foxes live here too, seen by those who are lucky enough, darting around the Dettifoss waterfalls, one of the Jökulsá River’s most powerful features.