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Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced ⓘ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is linked culturally and politically with Europe and is the region's most sparsely populated country.
Islandia (en islandés: Ísland, AFI: ['istlant]) nota 1 es un país insular europeo, cuyo territorio abarca la isla homónima y algunas pequeñas islas e islotes adyacentes en el océano Atlántico. Su capital es Reikiavik.
Islandia cuenta con 36 islas. El río más largo es el Þjórsá, de 230 km. Hay tres parques nacionales, Vatnajökull, Snæfellsjökull y Þingvellir. Las zonas habitadas están en la costa, particularmente en el suodeste, mientras las zonas altas están deshabitadas.
Vista de Reikiavik en 1930. El 23 de mayo de 1944, Islandia declaró su independencia, y el 17 de junio de 1944 se proclamó república, con Sveinn Björnsson como presidente. Islandia ingresó en la OTAN y en el Consejo de Europa (1949), y en 1953 en el Consejo Nórdico.
Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland; ) is an island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic, between Greenland and Norway, formerly a possession of Denmark. It is culturally considered to be part of Europe. Iceland is 301 kilometers east of Greenland and 1001 kilometers west of Norway.
The recorded history of Iceland began with the settlement by Viking explorers and the people they enslaved from Western Europe, particularly in modern-day Norway and the British Isles, in the late ninth century. Iceland was still uninhabited long after the rest of Western Europe had been settled.
Hace 3 días · 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.
