beautiful...stunning....land of fire and ice
2007-10-31 02:15:00
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answered by Felix Arcanus 5
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Iceland is located in the North Atlantic Ocean just south of the Arctic Circle, which passes through the small island of GrÃmsey off Iceland's northern coast, but not through mainland Iceland. Unlike neighbouring Greenland, Iceland is considered to be a part of Europe, not of North America, though geologically, the island belongs to both continents. Because of cultural, economic and linguistic similarities, Iceland in many contexts is also included in Scandinavia. It is the world's eighteenth-largest island, and Europe's second largest island following Great Britain.
Approximately eleven percent of the island is glaciated. Many fjords punctuate its 4,970 kilometre (3,088 mi) long coastline, which is also where most towns are situated because the island's interior, the Highlands of Iceland, is a cold and uninhabitable combination of sands and mountains. The major towns are the capital ReykjavÃk, KeflavÃk, where the international airport is situated, and Akureyri. The island of GrÃmsey on the Arctic Circle contains the northernmost habitation of Iceland.
The only native land mammal when humans arrived was the arctic fox. It came to the island at the end of the ice age, walking over the frozen sea. There are no native reptiles or amphibians on the island. There are around 1,300 known species of insects in Iceland, which is rather low compared with other countries (there are about 925,000 known species in the world). During the last Ice Age almost all of the country was covered by permanent snow and glacier ice. This explains the low number of living species in Iceland.
When humans arrived, birch forest and woodland probably covered 25–40% of Iceland’s land area, but soon the settlers started to remove the trees and forests to create fields and grazing land. During the early twentieth century the forests were at their minimum and were almost wiped out of existence. The planting of new forests has increased the number of trees since, but this can not be compared with the original forests. Some of those planted forests have included new foreign species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland
2007-10-31 09:17:31
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answered by Anonymous
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Last time I went to Iceland, it looked exactly like it did the previous time. It was bloody cold - as you would expect. But I didn't like the attitude of the cashier on the tills so I want be shopping there anymore
2007-10-31 09:16:38
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answered by rattyrat 4
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Lived there for about 8 months as a child. Very beautiful. Like Yellowstone in summer and winter.
2007-10-31 09:15:55
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answered by Jody D 6
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It has a distinct red to orange backround with white letters spelling ICELAND. It is most noticeable for this, but also due to a fairly reasonable sized building located in a car park. It often has posters up with very comparable prices.
2007-10-31 09:16:59
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answered by Anonymous
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Well, I know this. There is no ice what so ever. That's the reason why they called it Iceland.
2007-10-31 09:15:51
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answered by Anonymous
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It is a beautiful country, and with beautiful people. Very expensive though (if you are planning to go)
LOOK:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=iceland&gbv=2
2007-10-31 09:25:02
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answered by Siggy 6
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See for yourself, here are photos from Iceland:
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A9gnMincrylHnTMB2kuJzbkF?p=iceland&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-488&fp_ip=CZ&x=wrt&js=1&ni=18
2007-11-01 06:53:11
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answered by undir 7
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It is very green. Lots of grass.
2007-10-31 09:14:59
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answered by Anonymous
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"Because of all the ICE"
Actually it has glaciers, cities, volcanoes and heated sidewalks
2007-10-31 09:15:30
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answered by nightrider 2
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a huge chunk of ice
2007-10-31 09:15:25
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answered by ♥His Baby Girl♥ 1
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