Attraction: Vatnajokull Glacier

The Vatnajokull Glacier is Iceland’s largest and most voluminous ice cap, and the second largest in Europe in terms of area after the Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya. It is located in the south-east of the island and covers approximately 8% of the country.

With an area of 7,900 km2, Vatnajokull Glacier is Europe’s largest ice cap in terms of volume (approximately 3,000 km3) and area (not counting the still larger Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which may be regarded as in the extreme northeast of Europe). It became a part of the Vatnajökull National Park on June 7, 2008.