Þingvallavatn
Þingvallavatn, anglicised as Thingvallavatn, is a rift valley lake in southwestern Iceland. With a surface of 84 km2 it is the largest natural lake in Iceland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in southwestern Iceland
- Also known as: “Lake Thingvalla”, “Thingvallavatn”, and “Þingvalla Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Þingvellir National Park.
Þingvellir National Park
Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
Þingvellir National Park is a world-heritage national park in South Iceland. The park is home to the world's longest-running Parliament, which was established in 930 AD.
Þingvallavatn
- Category: body of water
- Location: Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Þingvallavatn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Þingvallavatn” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Þingvallavatn”
- Basque: “Þingvallavatn”
- Belarusian: “Возера Тынгвадлаватн”
- Belarusian: “Тынгвадлаватн”
- Belarusian: “Тынгвадляватн”
- Bengali: “থিংভাৎলাভাত্ন হ্রদ”
- Bulgarian: “Тингватлаватн”
- Catalan: “Þingvallavatn”
- Cebuano: “Þingvallavatn”
- Chinese: “辛格瓦德拉湖”
- Chuvash: “Тингвадлаватн”
- Czech: “Thingvallavatn”
- Czech: “Þingvallavatn”
- Danish: “Þingvallavatn”
- Dutch: “Thingvallavatn”
- Dutch: “Þingvallavatn”
- Esperanto: “Thingvallavatn”
- Esperanto: “Þingvallavatn”
- Estonian: “Þingvallavatn”
- Finnish: “Þingvallavatn”
- French: “Thingvallavatn”
- French: “Þingvallavatn”
- Georgian: “თინგვადლავატნი”
- German: “Thingvallavatn”
- German: “Þingvallavatn”
- Hebrew: “אגם ת’ינגוואטלאוואטן”
- Hebrew: “אגם ת’ינגוואלאוואטן”
- Hungarian: “Þingvallavatn”
- Icelandic: “Þingvallavatn”
- Indonesian: “Þingvallavatn”
- Italian: “Þingvallavatn”
- Japanese: “シンクヴァトラヴァトン”
- Japanese: “シンクヴァトラヴァトン湖”
- Latvian: “Thingvalla”
- Latvian: “Thingvallavain”
- Latvian: “Tingvadlavahdns”
- Latvian: “Tingvadlavatns”
- Latvian: “Þingvallavatn”
- Lithuanian: “Tingvadlavatnas”
- Manx: “Thingvallavatn”
- Manx: “Þingvallavatn”
- Northern Sami: “Þingvallavatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thingvallavatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Þingvallavatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thingvallavann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thingvallavatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tingvallavann”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tingvallavatn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Þingvallavatn”
- Norwegian: “Þingvallavatn”
- Persian: “تینگوالاواتن”
- Polish: “Thingvallavatn”
- Polish: “Þingvallavatn”
- Portuguese: “Þingvallavatn”
- Quechua: “Thingvallavatn”
- Quechua: “Þingvallavatn”
- Russian: “Тингвадлаватн”
- Russian: “Тингватлаватн”
- Spanish: “Thingvallavatn”
- Spanish: “Þingvallavatn”
- Swedish: “Pingvallavatn”
- Swedish: “Thingvallavatn”
- Swedish: “Þingvallavatn”
- Turkish: “Þingvallavatn”
- Ukrainian: “Тінґватлаватн”
- Ukrainian: “Тінґватляватн”
- Venetian: “Þingvallavatn”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Svínanes and Nesjar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandey and Nesjaey.
South Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Þingvellir National Park, Vestmannaeyjar, Selfoss, and Hveragerði.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
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