Vatnajökull

thumb|200px|Iceland as seen from space, with Vatnajökull appearing as the largest white area to the lower right Vatnajökull (Icelandic pronunciation: , literally "Glacier of Lakes"; sometimes translated as Vatna Glacier in English) is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland, and the second largest in area in Europe after the Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya. It is in the south-east of the island, covering approximately 8% of the country.

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Vatnajökull is Iceland's largest ice cap and the second largest in Europe, located in the southeast of the island where it covers about 8% of the country. It matters because as a massive glacier system, it significantly shapes Iceland's landscape and is visible as the largest white area when viewing the country from space.

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Key facts

Glacier.map_caption: Map of Vatnajökull ice cap showing its named glacial catchments (light grey shading with white outline). Clicking on the map to enlarge it enables mouse over that allows identification of individual named glacial catchments in Iceland.
Glacier.name: Vatnajökull
Glacier.other_name: Vatna Glacier
Glacier.image: Vatnajökull.jpeg
Glacier.caption: Vatnajökull, Iceland
Glacier.type: Ice cap
Glacier.location: Iceland
Glacier.thickness: average
Glacier.terminus: Outlet glaciers
Glacier.status: Retreating
Glacier.mapframe: no

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Size
Peaks
Volcanoes
In culture
Outlet glaciers
Recent temperature changes
See also
References
External links

==Size== With an area of Vatnajökull is the second largest ice cap in Europe by volume, being about and area (after the still larger Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya, Russia, which is in the extreme northeast of Europe). On 7 June 2008, it became a part of the Vatnajökull National Park.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vatnajökull” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.