Iceland
Northern EuropeEurope
An island of volcanoes, glaciers and hot springs, just below the Arctic Circle. You will find Iceland in Northern Europe. The capital is Reykjavík. About 360,000 people live in the country.
- Capital
- Reykjavík
- People
- 360,000
- Size
- 100,000 km²
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Iceland lies where two plates of the Earth's crust drift apart, by about two centimetres a year.
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Almost all its electricity and heating come from water power and the heat of the Earth.
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The Althing, founded in the year 930, is one of the oldest parliaments in the world.
Compare with
Size
Iceland100,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit Iceland into the United Kingdom about 2.4 times.
People
Iceland360,000United Kingdom67 millionAbout 180 times as many people live in the United Kingdom as in Iceland.
Its colours are blue, red and white.
Do not mix it up with
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Neighbours
No country borders Iceland over land: there is sea all around.
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
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