Tag: Vatnajökull National Park
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From June, paid parking at Jökulsárlón
Vatnajökull National Park Ranger believes that there is enough infrastructure to allow charging for parking at Jökulsárlón. It is planned that the collection of fees will start in June. The income from this may reach 40 million crowns this year. Vatnajökull National Park’s new Fee Table of March 2 authorizes the collection of maintenance fees…
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Vatnajökull National Park will increase by 300 square kilometers
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, signed an amendment to the regulation on Vatnajökull National Park. It provides for its enlargement by three hundred square kilometers in its northern part. According to the information provided on the website of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, after the changes, Vatnajökull National Park…
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From Iceland – Snow melting indicates a glacier run on Grímsvötn
Published August 18, 2020 Snow melts on a pole connected to a GPS meter at Grímsvötn which is intended to help predict possibilities glacial run (glacial run) caused the pole to tilt, RÚV reports. The farm was announced, which initially raised suspicions that a glacial run would soon begin around Grímsvötn volcano in Vatnajökull National…