Vatnajökull National Park is in Iceland, in Northeastern Region. This sheet answers with open data: what the place is, where it sits at GPS precision, when it dates from (2008) and which notable attractions lie a few kilometers away.
Data sheet
What it is
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country
Iceland
City or region
Northeastern Region
Origin (P571)
2008
Coordinates
64.5000 N, 17.0000 W
UNESCO World Heritage
Yes (site or site component)
Notability (sitelinks)
48
The 5 closest notable attractions
Attraction
Country
Distance (km)
Thingvellir National Park
Iceland
200.1
Surtsey
Iceland
220.8
Imagine Peace Tower
Iceland
237.0
Icelandic Phallological Museum
Iceland
240.9
National Museum of Iceland
Iceland
241.7
The closest neighbor is Thingvellir National Park, 200.1 km away in a straight line. The table above answers the question every itinerary starts with: what else is nearby?
The name in 3 languages
Português
Parque Nacional Vatnajökull
English
Vatnajökull National Park
Español
Parque nacional Vatnajökull
Source and method
Source
Wikidata (CC0), snapshot of 2026-07-09
Distances
Haversine over 64.5000 N, 17.0000 W and the 2,000 attractions in the snapshot
Notability
Vatnajökull National Park: 48 sitelinks; closest neighbor Thingvellir National Park at 200.1 km