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fiogf49gjkf0d SITUATED IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN, BETWEEN NORWAY AND
GREENLAND, LIES THE ISLAND OF ICELAND. THE ISLAND COVERS AN
AREA OF 103,00 SQ KM. ICELAND IS BORDERED TO THE EAST BY
THE NORWEGIAN SEA, TO THE WEST AND SOUTH BY THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN AND FINALLY TO THE NORTH BY THE ARCTIC CIRCLE AND THE
GREENLAND SEA.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE THE COUNTRY INTO FOUR REGIONS: 3
NORTHERN REGIONS AND 1 SOUTHERN REGION. THE NORTHERN
REGIONS ARE MAINLY FEATURED BY FJORDS AND RUGGED SHORES,
WHILE IN THE SOUTH, SANDY BEACHES, LAGOONS AND A LESS
RUGGED COASTLINE ARE FEATURED.
TO THE NORTHWEST LIES A PENINSULAR PLATEAU WHICH IS SPLIT
UP BY STEEP VALLEYS, WHILE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION
BROAD VALLEYS AND GREEN LOWLANDS CHARACTERIZE THE AREA.
FJORDS ARE MOST POPULAR IN THE NORTHEAST. THE SOUTHERN
REGION TENDS TO BE A MIXTURE OF HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS,
COMPRISING OF HVANNADALSHUKUR, AVERAGING 2119M. THIS
MOUNTAIN IS THE HIGHEST AND IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE
OF VATNAJOKULL THE ISLAND'S LARGEST GLACIER.
APPROXIMATELY 200 VOLCANOES COVER THE ISLAND, WITH ABOUT
150 ERUPTIONS, CAUSING FREQUENT EARTHQUAKES. HOT SPRINGS
KNOWN AS GEYSIRS ARE ALSO COMMON IN ICELAND.
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