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.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (310 feet)
- …is also known as “Skaftafell National Park”
- Description: íslenska
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Skaftafell
- Category: national park
- Location
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Latitude
64.01646° or 64° 0′ 59″ north
Longitude
-16.96646° or 16° 57′ 59″ west
Open location code
9CP5228M+HC
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Skaftafell” goes by many names.
ՍկաֆտաֆեդլArmenian
Parque nacional SkaftafellAsturian
Skaftafell Parke NazionalaBasque
СкафтафелBulgarian
Parc Nacional SkaftafellCatalan
SkaftafellCebuano
斯卡夫塔費爾Chinese
斯卡夫塔费德Chinese
SkaftafellCzech
SkaftafellDutch
Parque Nacional SkaftafellGalician
Εθνικό Πάρκο ΣκαφτάφελGreek
Εθνικό Πάρκο ΣκαφτάφελλGreek
הפארק הלאומי סקאפטאווטלHebrew
סקאפטאווטלHebrew
SkaftafellIcelandic
Þjóðgarðurinn SkaftafelliIcelandic
SkaftafellIndonesian
Parco nazionale di SkaftafellItalian
Parco nazionale SkaftafellItalian
SkaftafellItalian
Skaftafell National ParkItalian
スカフタフェットル国立公園Japanese
스카프타펠Korean
Skaftafell nasjonalparkNorwegian Bokmål
Skaftafell nasjonalparkNorwegian Nynorsk
СкафтафедльOssetian
СкафтафетльOssetian
Park Narodowy SkaftafellPolish
SkaftáfellPolish
СкафтафедльRussian
СкафтафелльRussian
СкафтафельRussian
SkaftafellSlovenian
SkaftafellSwedish
СкафтафетльUkrainian
سکافٹافل نیشنل پارکWestern Panjabi
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