Vatnajökull Glacier (2110 m) is the largest glacier in Iceland and it’s also the largest glacier mass in Europe. It covers an area of roughly between 8100 sq. km and 8300 sq. km, and it’s about 1000 m thick at its thickest point. Its average thickness is 400 – 500 m, and the total ice volume of Vatnajokull is probably in the vicinity of 3300 cubic km.
The glaciers of Iceland are receding at an alarming rate. Iceland loses about 11 billion tons of ice per year, and scientists fear all of the island country’s 400-plus glaciers will be gone by 2200, according to Cymene Howe, associate professor of anthropology Rice University.