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    Skaftárstofa Visitor Centre, Kirkjubæjarklaustur
    • N63° 47' 20.850" W18° 3' 0.126"
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      All year

    Skaftárstofa is the Vatnajökull National Park visitors center, located near Kirkjubæjarklaustur at Sönghóll by road number 1. It also serves as an information center for the municipality of Skaftárhreppur, and visitors have the option to see the exhibition "Springtrip" by the Iceland Glaciology Society. The exhibition, which was made on the occasion of the society's 70th anniversary, sheds light on its history, explains the construction of the society's cabins, trips on the glacier, glacial tongue measurements, research projects that have been carried out during spring trips to Vatnajökull, the glacier bacteria and the magazine Jökull.

    Documentary Films:
    Eruption in Grímsvötn 2011
    Western part of Vatnajökull National Park

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    Skaftárstofa Visitor Centre, Kirkjubæjarklaustur

    Skaftárstofa Visitor Centre, Kirkjubæjarklaustur

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