Where is Iceland?

Iceland is located in the middle of the North Atlantic, with the Arctic Circle in the north, the Greenland Sea in the north, the Danish Strait in the northwest and the Norwegian Sea in the northeast.

With an area of/kloc-0.03 million square kilometers, Iceland is the second largest island in Europe. Iceland is the westernmost country in Europe, located at the intersection of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean, with a glacier area of10.3 million square kilometers and a coastline of about 4,970 kilometers. It borders the Norwegian Sea in the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean in the south, the Danish Strait in the northwest and the Greenland Sea in the north.

Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, is located in the southeast corner of Fasha Bay in the west of Iceland, on the north side of Sesia Peninsula, and is the capital with the highest latitude in the world. Reykjavik is the main political, economic and cultural center of Iceland.

Iceland is divided into 2/kloc-0 municipalities and 203 constituencies. According to the division of constituencies, there are six major constituencies, namely northwest, northeast, south, southwest, Reykjavik south and north.

The origin of Icelandic name

1, which originated from the initial impression of the discoverer. In the 4th century AD, the Greek geographer Pifey once called it "Kirishima". However, because the island is far from the mainland and the traffic is inconvenient, few people come. In 864 AD, the Scandinavian navigator flock set foot on the island, and the island was really "discovered".

Then Scandinavians, Irish and Scots flocked. When these immigrant ships approached the southern coast, the first thing they saw was a huge glacier, the famous Vatna Glacier in Iceland. People were so impressed with this glacier that they named the island "Iceland".

2. It originated from the strategy of the colonists. After the original colonists settled on the island, they didn't want others to share their "food in their mouths", so they named it "Iceland" to prevent people from coming.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Iceland