Þingvellir National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park protected area

Þingvellir National Park is a historically and geologically significant site in Iceland, famed as the birthplace of the world’s oldest existing parliament and for its dramatic rift-valley landscape where the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates meet.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Þingvellir 4
Thingvellir National Park 1
Þingvallavatn region 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
associatedWith Althing ⓘ
surface form: Alþingi
category IUCN Category II national park ⓘ
conservationStatus protected under Icelandic law ⓘ
country Iceland ⓘ
EnglishName Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thingvellir National Park
established 1930 ⓘ
governingBody Þingvellir Commission ⓘ
hasActivity diving in Silfra fissure ⓘ
snorkeling in Silfra fissure ⓘ
hasEcosystem birch woodland ⓘ
freshwater lake ecosystem ⓘ
lava fields ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Almannagjá fault ⓘ
Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ
Silfra fissure ⓘ
rift valley ⓘ
hasLandmark Lögberg ⓘ
Þingvallakirkja church ⓘ
Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Þingvellir plain
hasWaterBody Þingvallavatn ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
IcelandicName Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Þingvellir
inception 1930 ⓘ
inscribedOn UNESCO World Heritage Programme ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage List
knownAs birthplace of one of the world’s oldest parliaments ⓘ
birthplace of the Icelandic parliament ⓘ
locatedIn Southwest Iceland ⓘ
Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Þingvallavatn region

Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Þingvellir
meaningOfName Assembly Fields ⓘ
near Þingvallavatn ⓘ
parliamentFoundedHere 930 ⓘ
partOf Golden Circle tourist route ⓘ
partOfHistory Norse settlement of Iceland ⓘ
surface form: Icelandic Commonwealth period
significantEvent founding of the Icelandic parliament ⓘ
site of the Alþingi ⓘ
tectonicPlateBoundary Eurasian Plate ⓘ
North American Plate ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist destination in Iceland ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory mixed cultural and natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
natural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2004 ⓘ
usedAsParliamentSiteUntil 1798 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Þingvellir National Park → EnglishName → Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thingvellir National Park
Þingvellir National Park → IcelandicName → Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Þingvellir
Þingvellir National Park → hasLandmark → Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Þingvellir plain
Iceland → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Þingvellir National Park ⓘ
Althing → historicalSeat → Þingvellir National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Þingvellir
Althing → locatedIn → Þingvellir National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Þingvellir
Þingvellir National Park → locatedIn → Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Þingvellir
Þingvellir National Park → locatedIn → Þingvellir National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Þingvallavatn region