Landscapes & nature

Vatnajökull

largest and most voluminous Icelandic glacier

Iceland · 64.4000, -16.8000

Vatnajökull is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.

“Filming began in March 2004 in the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland (standing in for Bhutan).”

Batman Begins (2005) · Wikipedia

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Movies filmed at Vatnajökull

Batman Begins 2005

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Vatnajökull as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Game of Thrones 2011–2019
“Scenes set north of the Wall, in the Frostfangs, and at the Fist of the First Men, were filmed in November 2011 in Iceland on the Vatnajökull glacier near Smyrlabjörg, the Svínafellsjökull glacier near Skaftafell, and the Mýrdalsjökull glacier near Vik on Höfðabrekkuheiði.” Wikipedia
Interstellar 2014
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2001
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013
“The sequences where Walter Mitty follows Sean to Afghanistan were also filmed in Iceland, at the Skogafoss waterfall and in Vatnajökull National Park.” Wikipedia
The Tomorrow War 2021
“Chris McKay revealed that he wanted the film to feel real rather than hyperstylized and to shoot on location and limit the amount of greenscreen used, which is the reason he chose Iceland for the scenes in Russia at the glacier Vatnajökull.” Wikipedia

Named here by Vatnajökull’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Vatnajökull, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

Game of Thrones 2011–2019

“In November 2011, the glacier was used as a shooting location for the second season of the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones.” Wikipedia
A View to a Kill 1985

“The glacier was used as the setting for the opening sequence (set in Siberia) of the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, in which Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) eliminated a host of armed villains before escaping in a submarine to Alaska.” Wikipedia

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Vatnajökull?

6 productions are recorded as filmed at Vatnajökull, including Batman Begins (2005), Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and Interstellar (2014). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Vatnajökull?

Batman Begins (2005), covered by 85 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Vatnajökull?

Vatnajökull is in Iceland. Its coordinates are 64.4000, -16.8000.

What other filming locations are near Vatnajökull?

Vatnajökull National Park (15 km north-west) and Skaftafellsjökull (38 km south), all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.