Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice
A World Heritage Site in Iceland, inscribed in 2019 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Iceland
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 2019
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (viii)
- Property area
- approx. 14,820 km² (1,482,000 ha)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 64.5774, -16.8815
- UNESCO ID
- 1604
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Parc national du Vatnajökull – la nature dynamique du feu et de la glace
- Spanish
- Parque Nacional del Vatnajökull – La naturaleza dinámica del fuego y el hielo
- Chinese
- 瓦特纳冰川国家公园-火与冰的动态
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