Vatnajökull National Park

E267072

national park protected area

Vatnajökull National Park is a vast protected area in southeastern Iceland centered around Europe’s largest glacier, featuring dramatic ice caps, volcanoes, waterfalls, and diverse highland landscapes.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Vatnajökull National Park canonical	9
Skaftafell	4
Skaftafell area	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
contains	Bárðarbunga volcano ⓘ Dettifoss waterfall ⓘ Grímsvötn volcano ⓘ Hafragilsfoss waterfall ⓘ Jökulsárgljúfur canyon ⓘ Öræfi region ⓘ surface form: Jökulsárlón area Kverkfjöll mountain range ⓘ Lakagígar area ⓘ Selfoss waterfall ⓘ Vatnajökull National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Skaftafell Skeiðarársandur outwash plain ⓘ Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ surface form: Vatnajökull glacier Öræfajökull ⓘ surface form: Öræfajökull volcano
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Iceland ⓘ
designation	IUCN Category II ⓘ
ecosystemType	alpine tundra ⓘ glacial ecosystem ⓘ volcanic landscape ⓘ
feature	glacial lagoons ⓘ glacial rivers ⓘ glaciers ⓘ highland landscapes ⓘ ice caps ⓘ lava fields ⓘ mountain ridges ⓘ outwash plains ⓘ subglacial volcanoes ⓘ volcanoes ⓘ waterfalls ⓘ
governingBody	Environment Agency of Iceland ⓘ
knownFor	Europe’s largest glacier by volume ⓘ dramatic landscapes ⓘ glacier hiking ⓘ ice caves ⓘ volcanic and glacial interaction ⓘ waterfall sightseeing ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Iceland ⓘ
locatedOn	Iceland ⓘ surface form: island of Iceland
namedAfter	Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ surface form: Vatnajökull glacier
partOf	Icelandic national parks system ⓘ
tourismActivity	glacier tours ⓘ hiking ⓘ ice climbing ⓘ sightseeing ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCountry	Iceland ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hvannadalshnúkur → locatedIn → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Hvannadalshnúkur → near → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skaftafell

Hvannadalshnúkur → protectedArea → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Vatnajökull National Park → contains → Vatnajökull National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skaftafell

Öræfajökull → partOf → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Öræfajökull → near → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skaftafell

Vatnajökull ice cap → locatedIn → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Vatnajökull ice cap → partOf → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Vatnajökull ice cap → partOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Öræfajökull volcanic system → locatedIn → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

Öræfajökull volcanic system → near → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skaftafell

Öræfi region → contains → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skaftafell area

Öræfi region → partOf → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ

South Coast of Iceland → adjacentTo → Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ