Thsnk you Kristin for this card of Iceland .another for me in the Flags of the World' collection...showing the various statistics of the country...amazing..
Posted Reykjavik: 13 October :Arrived Sydney : 19 October : Traveled 6 days. Mange Tak Kirstin.
Greetings from ICELAND.:
ICELAND : covers an area of some 102 775KM2.
POPULATION of Iceland is 332,529 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY of Iceland is Reykjavik,
LOCATED: Iceland is located in The North Sea.
UNIQUE : to Iceland is that is declared by the Global Peace Index to be the most peaceful place on earth.
ELECTRICITY: Iceland is the largest Energy of electricity per capita produced in the world due to the utilization of Hydroelectric and geothermal power.
FAMOUS: "GEYSER" The Haukadatur Valley is the oldest known geyser in the world.
HEAD OF STATE.: Vigdis Finnbagodittor President (1980 - 1996 ) was the worlds first directly elected female head of state.
VOLCANOES.: Iceland has hundreds and about 30 volcanic systems are active.
HISTORY : ca: 874 Iceland was still uninhabited long after the rest of western Europe had been settled.Recorded settlement has been conventionally dated back to 874.
ca: 1000 Leif Erikson is the first known European to have discovered North America.(excluding Greenland ) approximately five. centuries before Christopher Columbus.
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