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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REYKJAVIK   
Iceland’s cosmopolitan little capital is site of some of Europe’s best night life.  

THE BLUE LAGOON  
Is it blue like the sky? Like the new M&M’s? You decide.  

GEYSIR  
It is the one, the only, and the original geyser after which all other geysers are named.  

GULLFOSS  
Europe’s largest waterfall is one of Iceland’s great treasures, the mystical embodiment of the nation’s soul.  

AKURYERI  
If you think it’s cold here, think again. Iceland’s northern capital is the place where Reykjavikers head for some sun.  

THINGVELLIR  
Just over a thousand years ago, the world’s 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 world’s youngest archipelago, often called "the Galapagos of the North,"  is an ecological wonderland.  

 

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