IcelandDid you know?
- •Iceland sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, making it one of the most volcanically active places on Earth.
- •Iceland has no army, navy, or air force — it is defended by NATO and a coast guard.
- •About 85% of Iceland's energy comes from renewable sources, mainly geothermal and hydropower.
Key Information
Capital
Reykjavik
Population
391,810
Area
103,000 km²
GDP
43,4 billion $
Currency
ISK
Difficulty on MapGuesser
Easy
Subregion
Northern Europe
Calling code
+354
MapGuesser Tip
Iceland is the island just below the Arctic Circle in the North Atlantic — it sits between Greenland and Norway.
Official Languages
Icelandic
Flag Colors
bleublancrouge
Flag History
The flag of Iceland is defined in Law No. 34/1944, adopted on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The law, entitled The Law of the National Flag of Icelanders and the State Arms, describes the flag as follows:The civil national flag of Icelanders is sky-blue with a snow-white cross and a fiery-red cross inside the white cross. The arms of the crosses extend to the edges of the flag and their width is 2⁄9, and the red cross 1⁄9 of the width of the flag. The blue sections are rectangl...
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Iceland is an island nation with no land borders.
