List of national parks of Iceland explained

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.

List of national parks of Iceland

Name	Photo	Location	Established	Area
		West Iceland	2001	170abbr=onNaNabbr=on^[3]
Vatnajökull		South-East Iceland	2008	13952abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Þingvellir		South Iceland	1930 by laws set in 1928

Former national parks

• * Were taken into Vatnajökull National Park in 2008.

Name	Photo	Location	Established	Area
		North Iceland	1973
		South Iceland	1967	4807abbr=onNaNabbr=on

See also

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Parks in Iceland. Iceland Tourist Board. Visiticeland.com. 9 July 2010. dead. https://archive.today/20120527080856/http://www.visiticeland.com/Seedo/NationalParks/. 27 May 2012.
2. Web site: Vatnajokull National Park. Háskóli Íslands. hi.is. 9 July 2010. dead. http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20090424220646/www2.hi.is/page/www.hi.is/haskolasetur_hornafirdi/vatnajokull_nationalpark. 24 April 2009.
3. Web site: Þjóðgarðurinn Snæfellsjökull. Environment agency of Iceland. ust.is. 12 May 2012.