Vatnajökull National Park

Vatnajökull National park is a beautiful national park in Klapparstígur iceland. It contains rivers, glacial ice, and volcanic and geothermal activity which creates an amazing and majestic place with tons to do.

Skaftafell is a natural area in Iceland that used to be its own national park.It has no roads and It includes a lot of great hiking trails ,active volcanoes, beautiful glaciers, breathtaking views and much nature. Places like Hvannadalshnjúkur, the highest peak in Iceland, Svartifoss waterfall, Ingólfshöfði Cape, an isolated bird peak,Mt. Lómagnúpur, a majestic mountain, and diamond beach with diamond like ice cubes. The park used to have many farms on it but now there is about two. Volcanic eruptions occur relatively often and change the soil and landscape, sometimes it makes the place a wasteland. In addition there is large glaciers that are able to be climbed. You can book tours to do that. Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon is a beautiful place with icebergs and glaciers .A large glacier at the lagoon is Breidamerkurjokull Glacier which is part of the huge Vatnajokull Glacier. Vatnajokull makes up eight percent of icelands land mass and is the largest in europe.Some icebergs are over 1000 years old. Also the deepest lake in iceland is Jökulsárlón which is 820 feet deep. It was also a filming locations for films such as Die another day and Tomb Raider. The Lagoon formed because the glaciers started melting and made a lake. It is a mix of fresh and salt water because it is connected to the ocean.There is also seals

There are majestic ice caves. The walls of the caves are blue and crystal like. The caves are blue because of the thickness of the ice. Made of pure water , Ice caves are formed when the water melting off the glaciers or icebergs runs through a glacier and erodes the ice. At one point the cave is over 330 feet deep. In part of the cave the lights can be turned off and it is completely dark and silent.

Vatnajökull national park is a beautiful national park in Klapparstígur iceland. It contains rivers, glacial ice, and volcanic and geothermal activity which creates an amazing and majestic place with tons to do.

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Ice Caves
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Hvannadalshnjúkur Mountain
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gorge
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Diamond Beach