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List of national parks of Iceland

Snæfellsjökull

National parks (3)

Since 2008, Iceland has three national parks.^[1] Prior to 2008 there were four national parks in Iceland; in that year Jökulsárgljúfur and Skaftafell were merged and incorporated into Vatnajökull National Park.^[2]

Vatnajökull National and Snæfellsjökull National Park are supervised by the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, Þingvellir National Park is supervised by the Ministry for the Prime Minister.

Name	Photo	Location	Established	Area
Snæfellsjökull		West Iceland	2001	170 km2 (66 sq mi)[3]
Vatnajökull*		South-East Iceland	2008	13,952 km2 (5,387 sq mi)[1]
Þingvellir*		South Iceland	1930 by laws set in 1928

• * Were taken into Vatnajökull National Park in 2008.

Name	Photo	Location	Established	Area
Jökulsárgljúfur*		North Iceland	1973
Skaftafell*		South Iceland	1967	4,807 km2 (1,856 sq mi)

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