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2 days ago · Iceland, island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Lying on the constantly active geologic border between North America and Europe, Iceland is a land of vivid contrasts of climate, geography, and culture. The country’s capital is Reykjavik. Learn more about Iceland, including its history.
- History
History of Iceland Early history Settlement (c. 870–c....
- Icelanders' Sagas
Icelanders’ sagas, the class of heroic prose narratives...
- Iceland Summary
Iceland is a unitary multiparty republic with one...
- Modern Iceland
Iceland - Arctic, Geothermal, Volcanic: In the 1830s Iceland...
- European Integration
Iceland - Arctic, Geothermal, Volcanic: Iceland entered the...
- Eyjafjallajokull Volcano
Eyjafjallajokull volcano, Icelandic volcano whose name is...
- Akureyri
Akureyri, town, northern Iceland.It lies at the southern end...
- Norwegian Sea
Norwegian Sea, section of the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered...
- History
1 day ago · Bibliography. Awards and nominations. See also. References. Further reading. External links. Björk Guðmundsdóttir OTF ( / bjɜːrk / BYURK, Icelandic: [pjœr̥k ˈkvʏðmʏntsˌtouhtɪr̥] ⓘ; born 21 November 1965) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress.
4 days ago · Iceland News Review: Catching the Solar Eclipse. Andie Sophia Fontaine. News and features from Iceland - community, culture and nature. The longest-running magazine about Iceland, first published in 1963.
1 day ago · Antarctica is the fifth-largest continent, being about 40% larger than Europe, and has an area of 14,200,000 km 2 (5,500,000 sq mi). Most of Antarctica is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, with an average thickness of 1.9 km (1.2 mi).
- 14,200,000 km², 5,500,000 sq mi
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- 1,000 to 5,000 (seasonal)
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1 day ago · Saint Patrick. Saint Brigid. Saint Colmcille. ^ Including surrounding islands. Ireland ( / ˈaɪərlənd / ⓘ IRE-lənd; Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ⓘ; Ulster-Scots: Airlann [ˈɑːrlən]) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and ...
- 84,421 km² (32,595 sq mi)
- Northwestern Europe
- 20th
- Northern Ireland
1 day ago · Inuit (/ ˈ ɪ nj u ɪ t / IN-ew-it; Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
1 day ago · Ireland, country of western Europe occupying five-sixths of the westernmost major island of the British Isles. The country is noted for a rich heritage of culture and tradition that was linked initially to the Gaelic language. Its capital city is Dublin.