{"id":471,"date":"2020-10-27T12:56:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoheritage.fas.is\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T12:58:18","slug":"facts-about-iceland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geoheritage.fas.is\/?page_id=471","title":{"rendered":"Facts about Iceland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Iceland is a volcanic island in the north Atlantic and is famous for its hot springs and dramatic scenery. Iceland is nearly 103.000 km2<\/sup>.\u00a0 Only a little over 1% of Iceland is fit for growing crops. Most of the landscape consists of big lava fields and glaciers. In Iceland live about 365.000 people and more than half of the population live in and around the capital, Reykjav\u00edk.<\/p>\n

Iceland is a republic with a directly elected president. The president formally nominates the prime minister. Al\u00feingi is the parliament and supreme authority in Iceland. President of Iceland is Gu\u00f0ni Th. J\u00f3hannesson.<\/p>\n

Iceland is not an EU member, but it is a signatory to the EEA Agreement and is also a part of the European Economic Area and a member of NATO.<\/p>\n

Fish and fishery products are the country\u00b4s main source of income, followed by aluminium and ferrosilicon exports. In recent years, growth has been recorded in sectors such as biotechnology, software and tourism. Because of COVID-19 the tourism has suffered; hotels don\u2019t have as many guests and other companies based on tourism are not earning as much money as usual.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Iceland is known as one of the youngest landmasses on earth to be settled by humans, the oldest parts in Iceland are in the Westfjords and the Eastfjords and are about 16 million years old. Over 1,100 years ago Vikings from Norway discovered Iceland by accident. According to the ancient manuscript Landn\u00e1mab\u00f3k the settlement of Iceland began in 874 when the Norwegian chieftain Ing\u00f3lfur Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the island. With the settlement of Gamli s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li Iceland went under control of Norway 1262 and was under Norwegian and Danish rule until 1918, when Iceland gained independence.<\/p>\n

Iceland lies on a plate boundary were the American and European-Asian drift apart, the ridge is a 40.000 km crack in the ocean floor. There are about 30 active volcanoes in Iceland and we can expect an eruption every 5 years.<\/p>\n

Iceland is one of the dynamic volcanic areas on Earth, were practically a wide range of volcanic and geothermal action can be found.\u00a0 The volcanism in Iceland is described to the blend of the Iceland crest hotspot action and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge movement. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is noticeable ashore.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Iceland\u00b4s scenes produced by the cycles of volcanism incorporate break valleys, fountains, underground aquifers, rhyolite mountains, columnar basalt arrangements, magma fields and lunar-like pits. Subglacial volcanism has made table mountains in northern and southern Iceland<\/p>\n

Geysir is one of the main attractions for tourist in Iceland . In 1294 was the first tales of Geysir when an earthquake shook in the southern lowlands of Iceland and it changed the geothermal area in Haukadalur. That\u2019s how the hot springs were formed.<\/p>\n

Written by Gu\u00f0r\u00fan and Mar\u00eda<\/p>\n

Presentation about Iceland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alf Kronvall. (e.d.). Facts about Iceland. S\u00f3tt af https:\/\/www.norden.org\/en\/information\/facts-about-iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

Geology. (e.d.). S\u00f3tt af https:\/\/www.icelandontheweb.com\/articles-on-iceland\/nature\/geology#:~:text=The%20Mid%2DAtlantic%20Ridge%20is,in%20northern%20and%20southern%20Iceland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Iceland. (2020). S\u00f3tt af https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iceland<\/a><\/p>\n

Volcanoes. (e.d.). S\u00f3tt af https:\/\/www.iceland.is\/the-big-picture\/nature-environment\/volcanoes<\/a><\/p>\n

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