Vatnajökull ice cap

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glacier ice cap

The Vatnajökull ice cap is Iceland’s largest glacier and one of Europe’s most extensive ice masses, covering active volcanoes and dramatic mountainous terrain within Vatnajökull National Park.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Vatnajökull ice cap canonical 5
Vatnajökull glacier 2
Vatnajökull 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacier ⓘ
ice cap ⓘ
affectedBy climate change ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
covers active volcanoes ⓘ
highland plateau ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
experiences rapid glacial retreat ⓘ
feedsGlacier Breiðamerkurjökull ⓘ
Skaftafellsjökull ⓘ
Skeiðarárjökull ⓘ
Öræfajökull outlet glaciers ⓘ
hasArea approximately 3000 square miles ⓘ
approximately 7800 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageThickness approximately 400 to 500 meters ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic ⓘ
hasFeature crevasses ⓘ
ice caves ⓘ
moulins ⓘ
nunataks ⓘ
outlet glaciers ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Hvannadalshnúkur ⓘ
hasMaximumThickness approximately 1000 meters ⓘ
approximately 3300 feet ⓘ
hasSubglacialLake Grímsvötn subglacial lake ⓘ
highestPointElevation 2110 meters ⓘ
about 6923 feet ⓘ
isLargestGlacierIn Iceland ⓘ
isOneOfLargestIceCapsIn Europe ⓘ
isSourceOfRiver Skeiðará ⓘ
surface form: Jökulsá á Breiðamerkursandi

Jökulsá á Fjöllum ⓘ
Skeiðará ⓘ
locatedIn Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ
southeast Iceland ⓘ
overliesVolcano Bárðarbunga volcano ⓘ
surface form: Bárðarbunga

Grímsvötn volcano ⓘ
surface form: Grímsvötn

Kverkfjöll ⓘ
Öræfajökull ⓘ
partOf Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ
partOfUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Vatnajökull National Park ⓘ
popularActivity glacier hiking ⓘ
ice cave tours ⓘ
snowmobiling ⓘ
popularFor tourism ⓘ
protectedSince 2008 ⓘ
subjectTo jökulhlaup glacial outburst floods ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus inscribed in 2019 ⓘ
usedFor climate research ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ
volcanological research ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Hvannadalshnúkur → partOf → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
Vatnajökull National Park → contains → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatnajökull glacier
Vatnajökull National Park → namedAfter → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatnajökull glacier
Öræfajökull → mountainRange → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
Öræfajökull → partOf → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
Öræfajökull volcanic system → partOf → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
Öræfajökull volcanic system → glacier → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatnajökull
Öræfi region → borders → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
South Coast of Iceland → hasPart → Vatnajökull ice cap ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatnajökull glacier region