Skaftafell is a preservation area in Öręfi, southeast Iceland.
It used to be a manor farm and a national park, but has been a part of Vatnajökull National Park since its establishment in 2008.
Before its inclusion into Vatnajökull National Park, it measured about 4807 km2 (2884 mi²), making it Iceland's second largest national park.
It is home to the valley Morsįrdalur, the mountain Kristķnartindar and the glacier Skaftafellsjökull (a spur of the Vatnajökull ice cap).
The landscape is similar to some of the Alps, but it has been formed in thousands of years by different influences of fire (volcanic eruptions of Öręfajökull) and water (the glaciers Skeišarįjökull and Skaftafellsjökull), the rivers Skeišarį, Morsį und Skaftafellsį.
Volcanic eruptions under the ice-cap can give rise to jökulhlaups (glacial floods) which swell the Skeišarį river massively.
The last large jökulhlaup occurred in 1996.
Reference: Wikipedia