At a Glance:
Location: North
Atlantic, 180 miles East of Greenland and
600 miles West of Norway.
Size: 39,750 sq miles
Population: 260,000
Language: Icelandic, a
virtually pure derivative of Old Norse.
Government: Independent
republic governed by a parliament,
supreme court, and prime minister.
Capital: Reykjavik
Currency: Icelandic
Krona
Country Code: 354
Religions: 91% Lutheran
Climate: Temperate.
Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and
south-westerly winds, which give it an
average winter temperature of 31F (.5C)
and a summer temperature of 52F (11C).
Chief Industries: Fishing,
Tourism
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and Explore... REYKJAVIK
Icelands
cosmopolitan little capital is site of
some of Europes best night
life.
THE BLUE LAGOON
Is it blue like the sky?
Like the new M&Ms? You
decide.
GEYSIR
It is the one, the only,
and the original geyser after which all
other geysers are named.
GULLFOSS
Europes largest
waterfall is one of Icelands great
treasures, the mystical embodiment of the
nations soul.
AKURYERI
If you think its
cold here, think again. Icelands
northern capital is the place where
Reykjavikers head for some sun.
THINGVELLIR
Just over a thousand
years ago, the worlds first
parliament was held in this extraordinary
natural amphitheater which sits
smack in the middle of the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge
SNAEFELLSNES
PENINSULA
There are Sagas hidden in
the landscape of the Snaefellsness
Peninsula and, according to Jules Verne,
the gateway to the center of the
Earth.
LAKE
MYVATN
Lake Myvatn, in North
Iceland, is surrounded by a landscape so
otherworldly that Apollo astronauts came
here to learn how to moonwalk.
WESTMANN ISLES
The worlds youngest
archipelago, often called "the
Galapagos of the North," is an
ecological wonderland.
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