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    the southern periphery of Vatnajökull, near Skaftafell. Hrútsfjallstindar is a series of Icelandic peaks rising from Vatnajökull between Svínafellsjökull...
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    geothermal activity. On 5 July 2019, Vatnajökull National Park was inscribed as a World Heritage Site. Vatnajökull National Park was established on 7 June...
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    250 yd (230 m) from the Atlantic Ocean, and 2 mi (3.2 km) away from Vatnajökull. Vatnajökull was at the shore line of the ocean and dropped icebergs into the...
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    probably under Bárðarbunga, ie. under Vatnajökull. "More than 80 eruptions occurred during the last 800 years in Vatnajökull." There is also the much less active...
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  • mountain range situated on the north-eastern border of the Vatnajökull glacier, between the Vatnajökull glacier and the Dyngjufjöll mountains. Part of the North...
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    pronunciation: [ˈhɛrðʏˌpreiːθ] , broad-shouldered) is a tuya in northern part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland at...
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    lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. Formed at the terminus of one of Vatnajökull's biggest outlets, Breiðamerkurjökull, Breiðárlón...
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    originally referred to the well-known subglacial outburst floods from Vatnajökull, Iceland, which are triggered by geothermal heating and occasionally...
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    [ˈpaurðarˌpuŋka] ), is an active stratovolcano located under Vatnajökull in Vatnajökull National Park which is Iceland's most extensive glacier. The second...
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    range situated on the northern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. It is located in Vatnajökull National Park and at the glacier edge are ice caves...
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  • Nomination of Vatnajökull National Park dynamic nature of fire and ice for inclusion in the World Heritage List. Reykjavík: Vatnajökull National Park...
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    Dettifoss (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈtɛhtɪˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the second most...
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    pronunciation: [ˈhɔfsˌjœːkʏtl̥] ) is the third largest ice cap in Iceland after Vatnajökull and Langjökull and covers the largest active central volcano in the country...
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    ([ˈlaːkaˌciːɣar̥], Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure in the western part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland, not far from the volcanic fissure of Eldgjá and...
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  • "Green Lagoon") was one of the glacial lakes of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. It was situated in the south of Iceland. Its surface measured 18 km2...
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    northwestern rim of the summit crater of the Öræfajökull volcano in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Its summit is the highest point in the country...
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  • Jökulsárgljúfur and Skaftafell were merged and incorporated into Vatnajökull National Park. Vatnajökull National and Snæfellsjökull National Park are supervised...
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  • when her brother stumbles upon a World War II plane wreck on top of Vatnajökull. Vivian Ólafsdóttir as Kristín Jack Fox as Steve Rush Iain Glen as William...
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    pronunciation: [ˈlauɲcɪˌsjouːr̥] ) is a lake in the western part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. It is around 20 km in length and up to 2 km wide...
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    larger Vatnajökull National Park. It was founded on September 15, 1967, and enlarged twice afterwards. Before its inclusion into Vatnajökull National...
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    [ˈfjalsˌaurˌlouːn] ) is a glacier lake at the south end of the Icelandic glacier Vatnajökull. Fjallsjökull which is part of the bigger glacier reaches down to the...
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    Þjórsá at 230 kilometres (143 miles). Iceland has three national parks: Vatnajökull National Park, Snæfellsjökull National Park, and Þingvellir National...
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    the northernmost point of Iceland. Iceland has three national parks: Vatnajökull National Park, Snæfellsjökull National Park, and Þingvellir National...
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    Diamond Circle road. The horseshoe-shaped depression is part of the Vatnajökull National Park and measures approximately 3.5 km in length and over 1 km...
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    glacier of Vatnajökull and a piedmont glacier in the southern part of Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. Emerging as a tongue of the Vatnajökull, it ends...
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    Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈsvar̥tɪˌfɔsː] ) is a waterfall in Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland, and is one of the most popular sights in the...
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    Hornafjörður in southeast Iceland, close to Vatnajökull glacier, and twenty two kilometres south of Skaftafell in Vatnajökull National Park. It is on the Route...
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  • Jökulsárlón Running Blind 1979 Reykjavík, Sprengisandur Batman Begins 2005 Vatnajökull Beowulf & Grendel 2005 Skógafoss and elsewhere Bokeh 2017 Reykjavík,...
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  • Fist of the First Men, were filmed in November 2011 in Iceland on the Vatnajökull glacier near Smyrlabjörg, the Svínafellsjökull glacier near Skaftafell...
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    is widespread in the mass media and arguably recognized by experts. Vatnajökull is an example of an ice cap in Iceland. Plateau glaciers are glaciers...
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