Skaftafell
Skaftafell is a preservation area in Öræfi, southeast Iceland. It was once a major farm, later being named a national park. Originally known as Skaftafell National Park, it was subsequently joined together with other nearby regions to form the larger Vatnajökull National Park.
- Type: Locality
- Description: íslenska
- Also known as: “Parc Naturel de Skaftafell”, “Parco nazionale di Skaftafell”, “Skaftáfell”, “Skaftafell National Park”, “Þjóðgarður Skaftafell”, “Þjóðgarðurinn Skaftafelli”, “Εθνικό Πάρκο Σκαφτάφελ”, “Скафтафелль”, “Скафтафель”, and “斯卡夫塔費爾”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Svartifoss and Hundafoss.
Skaftafell
- Category: national park
- Location: East Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.01646° or 64° 0′ 59″ north
Longitude
-16.96646° or 16° 57′ 59″ west
Elevation
93 metres (305 feet)
Open location code
9CP5228M+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Skaftafell” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սկաֆտաֆեդլ”
- Asturian: “Parque nacional Skaftafell”
- Basque: “Skaftafell Parke Nazionala”
- Bulgarian: “Скафтафел”
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional Skaftafell”
- Cebuano: “Skaftafell”
- Chinese: “斯卡夫塔费德”
- Czech: “Skaftafell”
- Dutch: “Skaftafell”
- French: “Parc national de Skaftafell”
- Galician: “Parque Nacional Skaftafell”
- German: “Skaftafell-Nationalpark”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Πάρκο Σκαφτάφελλ”
- Greek: “Εθνικό Πάρκο Σκάφταφελλ”
- Icelandic: “Skaftafell”
- Indonesian: “Skaftafell”
- Italian: “Parco nazionale Skaftafell”
- Japanese: “スカフタフェットル国立公園”
- Korean: “스카프타펠”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skaftafell nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skaftafell nasjonalpark”
- Ossetian: “Скафтафедль”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Skaftafell”
- Portuguese: “Parque Nacional Skaftafell”
- Russian: “Скафтафедль”
- Slovenian: “Skaftafell”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional Skaftafell”
- Spanish: “Parque Nacional Skaftafell”
- Swedish: “Skaftafell”
- Ukrainian: “Скафтафетль”
- Western Panjabi: “سکافٹافل نیشنل پارک”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Austurbrekkur and Lambhagi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Skaftafell Visitor Centre and Nafnlausifoss.
East Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Vatnajökull National Park and Egilsstaðir.
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