Þingvellir National Park

Þingvellir National Park is a world-heritage national park in . The park is home to the world's longest-running Parliament, which was established in 930 AD.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: national park in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Thingvellir”, “THingvellir”, “Thingvellir National Park”, and “Þingvellir”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest

Highlights include Öxarárfoss and Silfra Diving.

Waterfall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a waterfall in Þingvellir National Park, . It flows from the river over the Almannagjá. The pool at the base of the waterfall is filled with rocks and is often extremely icy during winter.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Silfra is a rift formed in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – the divergent tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates – and is located in the Lake in the Þingvellir National Park in .

Monument
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, or Law Rock, was a rocky outcrop in south west , at the location for the assembly of the country's Althing parliament. The original Althing was gathered at Þingvellir, an area of dramatic landscapes which was easily accessible from the populated areas of the south west.

Þingvellir National Park

Latitude
64.2591° or 64° 15′ 33″ north
Longitude
-21.1213° or 21° 7′ 17″ west
Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)
Open location code
99PW7V5H+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316032856
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Geo­Names ID
3412645
Wiki­data ID
Q107370
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Satellite Map

Discover Þingvellir National Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Þingvellir National Park” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ثينغفيلير”
  • Armenian: “Թինգվեդլիր”
  • Asturian: “Þingvellir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sinqvellir Milli Parkı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tinqvedlir”
  • Balinese: “Taman Nasional Þingvellir”
  • Basque: “Thingvellir”
  • Basque: “Þingvellir”
  • Belarusian: “Тынгвелір”
  • Belarusian: “Тынгвэлір”
  • Bengali: “থিংভেৎলির”
  • Bulgarian: “Тингветлир”
  • Catalan: “Þingvellir”
  • Chinese: “辛格韋德利”
  • Chinese: “辛格韋德利國家公園”
  • Chinese: “辛格韦德利”
  • Chinese: “辛格韦德利国家公园”
  • Croatian: “Nacionalni park Þingvellir”
  • Croatian: “Þingvellir”
  • Czech: “Národní park Þingvellir”
  • Czech: “Pingvellir”
  • Czech: “Thingvellir”
  • Czech: “Þingvellir”
  • Danish: “Thingvalla”
  • Danish: “Thingvellir”
  • Danish: “Tingvalla”
  • Danish: “Þingvellir”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal park Thingvellir”
  • Dutch: “Nationaal park Þingvellir”
  • Dutch: “Thingvellir”
  • Dutch: “Þingvellir”
  • Esperanto: “Þingvellir”
  • Estonian: “Thingvellir”
  • Estonian: “Þingvellir”
  • Finnish: “Thingvellir”
  • Finnish: “Þingvellir”
  • French: “Parc national de Thingvellir”
  • French: “parc national de Þingvellir”
  • French: “Parc national de Þingvellir”
  • French: “Thingvellir”
  • French: “Þingvellir”
  • Galician: “Þingvellir”
  • Georgian: “თინგველირის ეროვნული პარკი”
  • Georgian: “ტინგველირის ეროვნული პარკი”
  • German: “Thingvellir”
  • German: “Tingvellir”
  • German: “Þingvellir-Nationalpark”
  • German: “Þingvellir”
  • Greek: “Θίνκβετλιρ”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי ת’ינגווטליר”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי ת’ינגווליר”
  • Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי תינגווליר”
  • Hebrew: “ת’ינגווליר”
  • Hebrew: “תינגווליר”
  • Hindi: “थिंगवेल्लिर”
  • Hungarian: “Þingvellir Nemzeti Park”
  • Hungarian: “Þingvellir”
  • Icelandic: “Þingvallaþjóðgarður”
  • Icelandic: “Þingvellir”
  • Icelandic: “Þingvöllur”
  • Icelandic: “Þjóðgarðurinn á Þingvöllum”
  • Icelandic: “Þjóðgarðurinn Þingvöllum”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Thingvellir”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Nasional Þingvellir”
  • Indonesian: “Thingvellir”
  • Indonesian: “Þingvellir”
  • Italian: “parco nazionale Þingvellir”
  • Italian: “Parco nazionale Þingvellir”
  • Italian: “Thingvellir”
  • Italian: “Þingvellir”
  • Japanese: “シンクヴェトリル”
  • Japanese: “シングヴェトリル”
  • Japanese: “シンクヴェトリル国立公園”
  • Japanese: “シングヴェトリル国立公園”
  • Kirghiz: “Тингведлир”
  • Korean: “싱벨리르”
  • Korean: “싱벨리어”
  • Korean: “팅크베틀리르”
  • Latvian: “Tingvedliras nacionālais parks”
  • Lithuanian: “Tingvedliro nacionalinis parkas”
  • Low German: “Thingvellir”
  • Low German: “Þingvellir”
  • Luxembourgish: “Þingvellir”
  • Macedonian: “Тингвелир”
  • Macedonian: “Тинкветлир”
  • Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta‘ Thingvellir”
  • Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta‘ Þingvellir”
  • Maltese: “Park Nazzjonali ta’ Þingvellir”
  • Maltese: “Thingvellir”
  • Maltese: “Þingvellir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thingvellir Nasjonalpark”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Þingvellir nasjonalpark”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Þingvellir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thingvellir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tingvalla”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tingvellir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Þingvellir nasjonalpark”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Þingvellir”
  • Norwegian: “Þingvellir nasjonalpark”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Þingvellir”
  • Ossetian: “Тингвеллир”
  • Ossetian: “Тингветлир”
  • Persian: “دینگوتلیر”
  • Persian: “ذینگولیر”
  • Polish: “Park Narodowy Thingvellir”
  • Polish: “Pingvellir”
  • Polish: “Thingvellir”
  • Polish: “Þingvellir”
  • Portuguese: “Parque Nacional Þingvellir”
  • Portuguese: “Thingvellir”
  • Portuguese: “Þingvellir”
  • Russian: “Тингведлир”
  • Russian: “Тингвеллир”
  • Russian: “Тингветлир”
  • Serbian: “Тингвелир”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Þingvellir”
  • Slovak: “Národný park Þingvellir”
  • Slovak: “Þingvellir”
  • Slovenian: “Þingvellir”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional de thingvellir”
  • Spanish: “Parque Nacional de Þingvellir”
  • Spanish: “Thingvellir”
  • Spanish: “Þingvellir”
  • Swedish: “Thingvalla”
  • Swedish: “Thingvellir nationalpark”
  • Swedish: “Thingvellir”
  • Swedish: “Tingvalla nationalpark”
  • Swedish: “Tingvallarna”
  • Swedish: “Þingvellir nationalpark”
  • Swedish: “Þingvellir”
  • Turkish: “Þingvellir”
  • Ukrainian: “Національний парк Тінгветлір”
  • Ukrainian: “Тінгветлір”
  • Ukrainian: “Тінґветлір”
  • Vietnamese: “Þingvellir”
  • Welsh: “Thingvellir”
  • Welsh: “Þingvellir”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھنگفنیلر نیشنل پارک”

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