Boundaries of various areas within Vatnajökull National Park with special rules. 1. Esjufjöll, Jökulsárgljúfur, Skaftafell and Askja have special rules about camping restrictions, according to article 3, in regulation about Vatnajökull National Park, 300/2020. Coordinates are listed in table 2 in amendment IV in the regulation. 2. Hvannadalshnjúkur, Öræfajökull and Kverkfjöll have special limitations on, if and when motorized traffic is allowed. 3. Traditional land use areas are listed in article 26 of regulation about Vatnajökull National Park, 300/2020. Disclaimer: If there is a difference between the data and the regulation text, then the regulation text applies.

The high resolution forest product consists of three types of (status) products and additional change products. The status products are available for the 2012 and 2015 reference years: 1. Tree cover density providing level of tree cover density in a range from 0-100% 2. Dominant leaf type providing information on the dominant leaf type: broadleaved or coniferous 3. A Forest type product. The forest type product allows to get as close as possible to the FAO forest definition. In its original (20m) resolution it consists of two products: 1) a dominant leaf type product that has a MMU of 0.5 ha, as well as a 30% tree cover density threshold applied, and 2) a support layer that maps, based on the dominant leaf type product, trees under agricultural use and in urban context (derived from CLC and high resolution imperviousness 2009 data). For the final 100m product trees under agricultural use and urban context from the support layer are removed. The high resolution forest change products comprise a simple tree cover density change product for 2012-2015 (% increase or decrease of real tree cover density changes). A verification of the Tree Cover Density layer was performed by the Institute of Nature Research during autumn of 2018 and the data and resulting report are made available on the NLSI websites.

Eftirfarandi landshlutar eru sóttvarnaumdæmi, sbr. reglugerð 387/2015: Höfuðborgarsvæðið (Reykjavíkurborg, Seltjarnarnesbær, Kópavogsbær, Garðabær, Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður, Mosfellsbær, Kjósarhreppur og fyrrum sveitarfélagið Þingvallasveit). Vesturland (Akraneskaupstaður, Hvalfjarðarsveit, Skorradalshreppur, Borgarbyggð, Eyja- og Miklaholtshreppur, Snæfellsbær, Grundarfjarðarbær, Helgafellssveit, Stykkishólmsbær, Dalabyggð, Reykhólahreppur, Strandabyggð, Kaldrananeshreppur, Árneshreppur og Húnaþing vestra). Vestfirðir (Vesturbyggð, Tálknafjarðarhreppur, Ísafjarðarbær, Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður og Súðavíkurhreppur). Norðurland (Húnavatnshreppur, Blönduósbær, Skagabyggð, Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd, Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður, Akrahreppur, Fjallabyggð, Dalvíkurbyggð, Hörgársveit, Eyjafjarðarsveit, Akureyrarkaupstaður, Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur, Grýtubakkahreppur, Þingeyjarsveit, Norðurþing, Tjörneshreppur, Skútustaðahreppur, Svalbarðshreppur og Langanesbyggð að frátöldum fyrrum Skeggjastaðahreppi). Austurland (Vopnafjarðarhreppur, Fljótsdalshérað, Fljótsdalshreppur, Borgarfjarðarhreppur, Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður, Fjarðabyggð, Breiðdalshreppur, Djúpavogshreppur og fyrrum Skeggjastaðahreppur). Suðurland (Sveitarfélagið Ölfus, Hveragerðisbær, Grímsnes- og Grafningshreppur, Bláskógabyggð að frátöldu fyrrum sveitarfélaginu Þingvallasveit, Hrunamannahreppur, Sveitarfélagið Árborg, Flóahreppur, Ásahreppur, Skeiða- og Gnúpverjahreppur, Rangárþing ytra, Rangárþing eystra, Mýrdalshreppur, Skaftárhreppur, Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður og Vestmannaeyjabær). Suðurnes (Sandgerðisbær, Sveitarfélagið Garður, Reykjanesbær, Grindavíkurbær og Sveitarfélagið Vogar).

Riparian zones represent transitional areas occurring between land and freshwater ecosystems, characterised by distinctive hydrology, soil and biotic conditions and strongly influenced by the stream water. They provide a wide range of riparian functions (e.g. chemical filtration, flood control, bank stabilization, aquatic life and riparian wildlife support, etc.) and ecosystem services. The Riparian Zones products support the objectives of several European legal acts and policy initiatives, such as the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020, the Habitats and Birds Directives and the Water Framework Directive. Green Linear Elements (GLE) are ecologically significant, structural landscape elements which act as important dispersion vectors of biodiversity. GLEs comprise hedgerows and lines of trees and offer a wide range of ecosystem services: they are linked to both landscape richness and fragmentation of habitats, with a direct potential for restoration, and contribute also to hazard protection. Green linear elements form part of the Green Infrastructure and are specifically addressed in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2020. The GLE product provides reliable and detailed geospatial information on the occurrence and spatial distribution of: Small linear vegetation features such as hedgerows, scrub and tree rows with a minimum length of 100m and a width of up to 10m; Isolated patches of trees and scrub with a size between 500 m² and 0.5 ha. Green linear elements including trees and hedgerows with 100m minimum length and 500 m² Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU)

EN: Boundary of Icelandic River Basin Sub unit(s) as reported to WISE on 22.12.2018. A "Sub unit" is a defined area that includes one or more catchments. For international reporting purposes only one Sub unit is used (ID: IS100) which covers the same area as the Icelandic River Basin District. For national management and reporting purposes there are four Sub Units (ID's: IS101, IS102, IS103, IS104). For further description of dataset fields and field values see GML schema here: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/schemas/WFD2016/GML_SubUnit_2016.xsd IS: Afmörkun íslenskra vatnasvæða miðað við skil inn í WISE upplýsingakerfið þann 22.12.2018. "Vatnasvæði" er landsvæði með einu eða fleiri vatnasviðum. Vegna skýrslugjafar til Evrópusambandsins er aðeins eitt vatnasvæði notað (ID:IS100) sem nær yfir sama svæði og Vatnaumdæmi Íslands. Vegna innlendrar stjórnunar og skýrslugjafar eru fjögur vatnasvæði notuð (IDs: IS101, IS102, IS103, IS104). Nánari lýsing á eigindum og gildum gagnasettsins má finna í GML skema hér: http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/schemas/WFD2016/GML_SubUnit_2016.xsd

The high resolution forest product consists of three types of (status) products and additional change products. The status products are available for the 2012 and 2015 reference years: 1. Tree cover density providing level of tree cover density in a range from 0-100% 2. Dominant leaf type providing information on the dominant leaf type: broadleaved or coniferous 3. A Forest type product. The forest type product allows to get as close as possible to the FAO forest definition. In its original (20m) resolution it consists of two products: 1) a dominant leaf type product that has a MMU of 0.5 ha, as well as a 30% tree cover density threshold applied, and 2) a support layer that maps, based on the dominant leaf type product, trees under agricultural use and in urban context (derived from CLC and high resolution imperviousness 2009 data). For the final 100m product trees under agricultural use and urban context from the support layer are removed. The high resolution forest change products comprise a simple tree cover density change product for 2012-2015 (% increase or decrease of real tree cover density changes). A verification of the Dominant Leaf Type layer was performed by the Institute of Nature Research during autumn of 2018 and the data and resulting report are made available on the NLSI websites.

Umsóknin um Þingvelli á heimsminjaskrá var lögð fram í febrúar 2003 og var hún samþykkt á fundi heimsminjanefndar UNESCO í júlí 2004. Þingvellir eru þjóðgarður sem var með lögum stofnaður árið 1930.

Landinu skal skipt upp í eftirfarandi heilbrigðisumdæmi, sbr. reglugerð 387/2015: Heilbrigðisumdæmi höfuðborgarsvæðisins. Heilbrigðisumdæmi Vesturlands. Heilbrigðisumdæmi Vestfjarða. Heilbrigðisumdæmi Norðurlands. Heilbrigðisumdæmi Austurlands. Heilbrigðisumdæmi Suðurlands. Heilbrigðisumdæmi Suðurnesja. Í heilbrigðisumdæmum landsins starfa eftirfarandi heilbrigðisstofnanir: Heilsugæsla höfuðborgarsvæðisins, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis höfuðborgarsvæðisins. Heilbrigðisstofnun Vesturlands, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis Vesturlands. Heilbrigðisstofnun Vestfjarða, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis Vestfjarða. Heilbrigðisstofnun Norðurlands, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis Norðurlands. Heilbrigðisstofnun Austurlands, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis Austurlands. Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurlands, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis Suðurlands. Heilbrigðisstofnun Suðurnesja, innan heilbrigðisumdæmis Suðurnesja.

Þekjan sýnir orkuspársvæði sem koma fram í orkuspá Orkustofnunar. Það eru svæðin Suðurnes, Reykjavík, Vesturland, Vestfirðir, Norðurland, Austurland og Suðurland. Svæðin eru aðeins öðruvísi en í hefðbundinni landshlutaskiptingu þar sem sú skipting er til komin vegna uppbyggingar flutningskerfisins.

Vatnajökull National Park was founded on June 7th 2008, although the act on Vatnajökull National Park was entered into force on May 1st 2007. It is the largest national park in Iceland by far, 14,967 km2. Vatnajökull National Park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 5th 2019. The boundary of Vatnajökull National Park, after its latest expansion on September 22nd 2021. The boundary is drawn in accordance to regulation on Vatnajökull National Park, No 300/2020, with later amendments. Disclaimer: If there is a difference between the data and the regulation text, then the regulation text applies. The data also includes all previous boundaries of the national park as well as current boundaries of operating areas.