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The Republic of Iceland ( /ˈaɪslənd/ (help·info)) (Icelandic: Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland (names of Iceland); IPA: [ˈislant]) is a European island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. It has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km². Its capital and largest city is...
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Keflavík
Keflavík (pronounced [ˈkɛplɑˌviːk], Icelandic for "Driftwood Bay") is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland.
In 1995 it merged with Njarðvík and Hafnir to form a municipality called Reykjanesbær with a population of 14,000 (June 2008)....
Reykjavik
Reykjavík (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈreiːkʲaviːk]( listen)) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's most northern capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern...
Area:
- 274.53874 km² (106 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Akureyri
Akureyri ( ˈaːkʰʏrˌeiːrɪ (help·info)) is a city in the northern part of the Republic of Iceland (Lýðveldið Ísland). Nicknamed "the Capital of North Iceland," Akureyri is an important port and fisheries centre, with a population of 17,304. It is...
Area:
- 124.99283 km² (48.26 mi² )
Hekla
Hekla is a stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland with a height of 1,491 metres (4,892 ft). Hekla is Iceland's most active volcano; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874. During the Middle Ages, Icelanders called...
Askja
Askja is a stratovolcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to 1,510 m (4,954 ft).
The region is only...
Kollóttadyngja
Kollóttadyngja is a volcano in Iceland. Situated in the Ódáðahraun lava-field at 65°12′59.99″N 16°33′0.01″W / 65.2166639°N 16.5500028°W / 65.2166639; -16.5500028, its height reaches 1,177 metres, with a diameter of 6–7 kilometers. The summit...
Skjaldbreiður
Skjaldbreiður, meaning the broad shield in Icelandic, is an Icelandic mountain from whose name the term "shield volcano" derives. It was formed in a huge and protracted eruption roughly 9,000 years ago. The extensive lava fields which were produced...
Trölladyngja
Situated in the Ódáðahraun lava field, Trölladyngja is the biggest of the Icelandic shield volcanoes, reaching a height of 1,468 metres (4,816 ft) above sea level, and rising almost 600 metres above the surrounding desert and lava fields.
It is...
Siglufjörður
Siglufjörður is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the Northern coast of Iceland.
Population in 2004 was 1,386 but the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak with 3000 inhabitants....
Akranes
Akranes is seaport town of 6,549 people (July 1 2008 est.) on the west coast of Iceland.
The town started to form in the 19th century as a fishing village, and in 1942, it was formally chartered and in the following years, experienced the biggest...
Area:
- 8.2 km² (3.2 mi² )
Vestmannaeyjar
Vestmannaeyjar (English: The Westmen Isles) is a small archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,036. The other islands are uninhabited, though two have single hunting cabins. The archipelago came...
Dalvík
Dalvík is a fishing village in Eyjafjörður, Iceland.
The municipality of Dalvíkurbyggð was formed in 1998 by the merger of three districts of outer Eyjafjörður; the town of Dalvík and the rural districts of Svarfaðardalur and Árskógur. The logo of...
Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður or Hafnarfjordur [ˈhapnarˌfjœrðʏr̥] is a port town located on the south-west coast of Iceland, about 10 km south of Reykjavík. It is the third most populous city in Iceland, after Reykjavík and Kópavogur, with a population of 26,003....
Area:
- 143 km² (55.2 mi² )
Kópavogur
Kópavogur is Iceland's second largest municipality, with a population of 30,180. It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Greater Reykjavík Area. The name literally means seal pup bay. The town seal contains the profile of the...
Area:
- 83.72 km² (32.32 mi² )
Helgafell
Helgafell, or holy mountain, is also the name of a small mountain in the Snæfellsnes Peninsula of Iceland. The mountain is 73 metres high and a temple in honor of Þór was built here by Helgafell's first settler, Þórólfur Mostraskegg. Helgafell also...
Hveragerði
Hveragerði is a small town in the south of Iceland located 45 km to the east of Reykjavík on Iceland's main ringroad, Route 1. The river Varmá runs through the town. The population was 2281 on 1 April 2008.
The surrounding area is part of the...
Skaftafell National Park
Skaftafell National Park is situated between Kirkjubæjarklaustur, typically referred to as Klaustur, and Höfn in the south of Iceland.
It was founded on September 15, 1967, and enlarged twice afterwards. Today the park measures about 4.807 km (2884...
Area:
- 4.807 km² (1.856 mi² )
Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced [ˈeijaˌfjatlaˌjœkʏtl̥]) is one of the smaller glaciers of Iceland. It is situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of the larger glacier Mýrdalsjökull.
The icecap of the glacier covers a volcano (1,666 m in height)...
Area:
- 100 km² (38.6 mi² )
Brennisteinsalda
The Brennisteinsalda is a volcano in the south of Iceland. Its height is about 855 m. It is situated near Landmannalaugar and not very far from Hekla.
The name means in English: sulphur wave. It comes from the sulphur spots which have coloured its...
Bláhnjúkur
Bláhnjúkur is a volcano in the south of Iceland. Its height is about 940 m.
Its name translates to blue peak in English. This comes from the blue-black colour of its sides. The colour is due to volcanic ash and lava flows.
The mountain is situated...
Kerlingarfjöll
Kerlingarfjöll (1,477 m (4,846 ft)) is a mountain range in Iceland situated in the Highlands of Iceland near the Kjölur highland road. The volcanic origin of these mountains is evidenced by the numerous hot springs and rivulets in the area. And...
Krafla
Krafla is a caldera of about 10 km in diameter with a 90 km long fissure zone, in the north of Iceland in the Mývatn region. Its highest peak reaches up to 818 m; it has erupted 29 times and it is 2km in depth.
Krafla includes one of the two best...
Katla
The volcano Katla (1450 m) has a reputation as one of the most dangerous volcanoes of Iceland. It is situated to the north of Vík í Mýrdal and to the east of the smaller glacier Eyjafjallajökull. Its peak reaches 1493 m in height and the extension...
Herðubreið
Herðubreið is a tuya in north-east Iceland at 65°10′44.06″N 16°20′50.36″W / 65.1789056°N 16.3473222°W / 65.1789056; -16.3473222. It is situated in the Highlands of Iceland in the midst of the Ódáðahraun desert and close to Askja volcano. The...
Kverkfjöll
The mountain range Kverkfjöll (1,764 m) is situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. With their glacier Kverkjökull, they are to be found between the Vatnajökull and the Dyngjufjöll (s. Askja). The mountains are...
Öræfajökull
Öræfajökull is an ice-covered volcano in south-east Iceland. It is the largest active volcano in the country and on its north-western rim is Hvannadalshnúkur, the highest peak in Iceland. Geographically Öræfajökull is considered part of the...
Snæfellsjökull
Snæfellsjökull is a stratovolcano with a glacier (Icelandic: jökull) covering its summit in western Iceland. The name of the mountain is actually Snæfell, but it is normally called "Snæfellsjökull" to discern it from two other mountains with this...
Baula
The mountain Baula, with its reddish or orange colour caused by its rhyolite rock composition, is situated in the west of Iceland next to Route 1 (the Ring Road). Bifröst University and the picturesque craters of Grábrók are located nearby....
Hengill
The Hengill (Icelandic, pronounced [hɛiŋcitl]) central volcano is situated in the south-west of Iceland, to the south of Þingvellir. The volcano covers an area of about 100 km².
The volcano is still active, evidenced by the numerous hot springs and...
Skeiðará
The river Skeiðará is a relatively short glacier river (about 30 km long). It has its source on the glacier Skeiðarárjökull, one of the southern arms of the Vatnajökull in the south of Iceland.
In spite of the short length, this river has a bad...
Þjórsá
Þjórsá is Iceland's longest river at 230 kilometers. It is in the southern region of the island.
Þjórsá has its source on the glacier Hofsjökull. It flows out through narrow gorges in the highlands of Iceland. Then it passes by the historical farm...
Jökulsá á Fjöllum
Jökulsá á Fjöllum is the second longest river of Iceland (206 km). Its source is the glacier Vatnajökull.
The estuary of the river flows into the Arctic Sea. Jökulsá á Fjöllum streams over the waterfalls Selfoss and Dettifoss and through the canyon...
Hvítá
Hvítá (engl. white river) is a river whose source is in the glacier lake Hvítárvatn at Langjökull glacier in the highlands of Iceland at 64°37′N 19°50′W / 64.617°N 19.833°W / 64.617; -19.833. The river flows for 40 km (25 mi) before dropping down...
Glerá
Glerá River (lit. River of Glass) is a river in northern Iceland. It originates from glaciers in the mountains of Tröllaskagi peninsula and also draws water from some fresh water springs on its way down Glerá Valley. It runs through the town of...
Laki
Laki or Lakagígar (Craters of Laki) is a volcanic fissure situated in the south of Iceland, not far from the canyon of Eldgjá and the small town Kirkjubæjarklaustur, in Skaftafell National Park.
Laki is part of a volcanic system, centering on the...
Eldgjá
Eldgjá is a volcanic canyon in Iceland. Eldgjá and the nearby Laki craters are part of the same volcanic system as Katla in the south of the country. Eldgjá means "fire canyon" in Icelandic.
Situated between Landmannalaugar and Kirkjubæjarklaustur,...
Skjálfandafljót
The River Skjálfandafljót is situated in the north of Iceland.
It has its source at the northwestern border of the icecap Vatnajökull on the Highlands of Iceland. From there it streams parallel to the Sprengisandur highland road in northern...
Lagarfljót
The lake Lagarfljót (also called Lögurinn) is situated in the east of Iceland near Egilsstaðir. Its surface is measuring 53 km² and it is 25 km long, its greatest width is 2.5 km and its greatest depth 112 m. The river Lagarfljót flows through this...
Area:
- 53 km² (20 mi² )
Kirkjubæjarklaustur
The village Kirkjubæjarklaustur (pronounced [ˈcʰɪrcʏˌpajarˌkʰløystʏr], Icelandic: church farm cloister) is a town of approximately 160 inhabitants situated in the south of Iceland on the hringvegur (road no. 1 or Ring Road) between Vík í Mýrdal and...
Skálholt
Skálholt (Old Icelandic: Skálaholt) is an historical site situated in the south of Iceland at the river Hvítá.
Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. From 1056 and until 1785, it was one of Iceland's two...
Vík í Mýrdal
The village of Vík (or Vík í Mýrdal in full) is the southernmost village in Iceland, located on the main ring road around the island, around 180 km or 110 miles by road SSE of Reykjavík. Despite its small size (about 300 inhabitants) it is the...
Húsavík
Húsavík is a small town in Norðurþing municipality on the north of Iceland on the shores of Skjálfandi bay.
The income of the inhabitants is derived from tourism and fishing, as well as retail and small industry.
Húsavík has become a centre of whale...
Skógar
Skógar, IPA: [ˈskou.ar], literally forests, is a small Icelandic village with a population of roughly 25 located at the south of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier, in the municipality of Rangárþing eystra.
The area is known for its waterfall, Skógafoss,...
Búðardalur
The village of Búðardalur is situated on the Hvammsfjörður in the north-west of Iceland. The village also lies at the north-eastern end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula.
Búðardalur has about 260 inhabitants and it is a service center for the area. There...
Borgarnes
Borgarnes is a small town located on a peninsula at the shore of Borgarfjörður in Iceland. It has a population of 1,930 (As of 2007). The town is located 60 km north of the capital Reykjavík and is connected to other places in Iceland through the...
Hella
Hella is a small town with 750 inhabitants in the southern part of Iceland at the shores of the river Ytri-Rangá. Hella is situated 94 kilometres (58 mi) to the east of Reykjavík on the hringvegur (Road no.1) between Selfoss and Hvolsvöllur.
The...
Hvolsvöllur
Hvolsvöllur is a small town in the south of Iceland about 106 km to the east of Reykjavík. It is situated in the inland swamps of Landeyjar, in the municipality of Rangárþing eystra.
The hringvegur (road no.1) traverses the town which has 800...
Grindavík
Grindavík is a fishing town at the peninsula of Reykjanes at the south-western coast of Iceland. It is one of the few cities with a harbour at this coast. Most of the 3,000 inhabitants work in the fishing industry. The Blue Lagoon, Grindavík's...
Area:
- 425 km² (164 mi² )
Reykholt
There are two villages with this name in Iceland:
The village is situated in the valley of the river Reykjadalsá, called Reykholtsdalur.
Here lived in the Middle Ages one of the most important persons in Icelandic history: Snorri Sturluson. He was a...
Reykjahlíð
The village of Reykjahlíð has approximately 300 inhabitants and is situated on the shores of Lake Mývatn in the north of Iceland.
During the so-called Mývatn fires, caused by the eruption of the nearby volcano Krafla in 1729, the village was...
Stykkishólmur
The town of Stykkishólmur is situated in the western part of Iceland, to the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. With its 1240 inhabitants, it is a center of services and commerce for the area. Most of the people make their living from fishing and...
Ólafsvík
The fishing town Ólafsvík is situated on the western end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in Iceland. The town has 1,008 inhabitants (December 31, 2004).
Because of its situation at the entrance of the fjord Breiðafjörður, the town was the first town in...
Grundarfjörður
Grundarfjörður is a small town, situated in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of Iceland. The town had 938 inhabitants in 2004 and 974 inhabitants in 2005. The town is situated in front of an impressive mountain range which has a...
Egilsstaðir
Egilsstaðir is a town in east Iceland on the banks of Lagarfljót river. In 2007, the town had over 2,300 inhabitants.
Egilsstadir is located at 65°17′N 14°23′W / 65.283°N 14.383°W / 65.283; -14.383. The town is young, even by Icelandic standards...
Varmahlíð
Varmahlíð is a small village in Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is on the ring road, and approximately 24km south Sauðárkrókur. Around 120 people live on the eastern slope of the hill for which the town is named.
Breiðdalsvík
Breiðdalsvík is a fishing town in Iceland. It is located near Egilsstaðir and Breiðdalsheiði. With a steady population of only 273, the town consists mostly of transient guests. One activity in the town is fishing in the Breiðdalsá river.
Sauðárkrókur
Sauðárkrókur is a town in Skagafjörður in northern Iceland and a part of the municipality of Skagafjörður. Sauðárkrókur is the largest town in Northwest Iceland and the second-largest town on the north coast of Iceland, with a population of 2598. It...
Keflavík International Airport
Keflavík International Airport (Icelandic: Keflavíkurflugvöllur) (IATA: KEF, ICAO: BIKF), also known as Reykjavík-Keflavík Airport, is the largest airport in Iceland and the country’s main hub for international transportation. It is situated 1.7 NM ...
Vogar
Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar) is a small town in the south-west of Iceland. The population of Vogar is 1206 as of 2008. The latitude and longitude of the town are 63.97°N 22.37°W.
Hólar
Hólar is a small community, with a population of around 100, located in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland, some 379 km from Reykjavík.
Hólar was founded as a diocese in 1106 by bishop Jón Ögmundsson and soon became one of Iceland's two...
