In which country is the Vatnajokull Glacier, covering 8% of its land, and the largest ice cap by volume in Europe?
Vatnajökull Vatnajökull Vatnajökull (), also known as the Water Glacier in English, is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland, and one of the largest in area in Europe. It is the second largest glacier in area after Austfonna on Svalbard in Norway but, nevertheless, larger by volume. It is located in the south-east of the island, covering more than 9% of the country. The name "Vatnajökull" is derived from "vatna", the genitive plural form of "vatn" which means "water" in Icelandic but is also used to refer to a lake, and "jökull", the Icelandic for glacier. With an
Severny Island ice cap Severny Island ice cap Severny Island ice cap is an ice cap on Severny Island, northern island of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in Russia. It covers 40% of Severny Island (which is the 30th largest island in the world) at total area of approximately which, if Novaya Zemlya is considered within Europe, makes it the largest glacier by area in Europe ahead of Austfonna at and Vatnajökull at . A number of glaciers flow from the inner ice cap to Severny Island's coastline. The following glaciers have their terminus on the coast of the Barents Sea. The following glaciers have