Vatnajökull National Park 瓦特纳冰川国家公园

Vatnajökull National Park is one of three national parks in Iceland. It encompasses all of Vatnajökull glacier and extensive surrounding areas. These include the national parks previously existing at Skaftafell in the southwest and Jökulsárgljúfur in the north.

In general, national parks are protected areas which are considered unique because of their nature or cultural heritage. The unique qualities of Vatnajökull National Park are primarily its great variety of landscape features, created by the combined forces of rivers, glacial ice, and volcanic and geothermal activity.

瓦特纳冰川是冰岛乃至欧洲最大的冰川，位于冰岛东南部，规模巨大，边缘有许多冰舌，每个冰舌又有各自的冰川名。冰川顺山体流下时，就像伸出来的舌头，顾名思义冰舌。

冰舌数量众多，最著名的是坐落着冰岛最高峰华纳达尔斯赫努克火山(Hvannadalshnjúkur)的Öræfajökull冰盖，这里自然成了冰岛的登山胜地，但因天气多变，难度相当大，只适合有专业经验的人，而且依然要跟随本地专业向导。

冰岛最活跃的火山群格里姆火山(Grímsvötn)也位于瓦特纳冰川。还有2014年8月底开始喷发，持续了半年的巴达本加(Bardarbunga)的霍鲁赫朗(Holuhraun)火山，也在瓦特纳冰川下。