Vatnajökull

Eastern Region · Iceland

Vatnajökull, Iceland
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
September to March for ice caves
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Europe's largest ice cap by volume, blanketing active volcanoes and countless outlet glaciers. Its ice caves, crevasse fields and glacial rivers anchor a sprawling national park in southeastern Iceland.

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