NationMaster - Icelandic Geography statistics

Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Kentucky
Area > Total	112 sq km	[112nd of 248]
Area > Water	75 sq km	[75th of 237]
Capital city with population	Reykjavik - 103,036
Climate temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers
Coastline	32 km	[32nd of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
Forested Land	190%	[190th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	65 00 N, 18 00 W
Geography > Note strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country; Reykjavik is the northernmost national capital in the world; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental Europe
Largest city	Reykjavik
Largest city population	142	[142nd of 174]
Largest city with population	Reykjavik - 103,036
Location Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK
Map references	Arctic Region
Maritime claims > Continental shelf 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Natural resources fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite
Population density	220 people per sqkm	[220th of 256]
Precipitation	45 mm	[45th of 95]
Terrain mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords

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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources. ; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Continental shelf - the LOS Convention (Article 76) defines the continental shelf of a coastal State as comprising the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; the continental margin comprises the submerged prolongation of the landmass of the coastal State, and consists of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise; it does not include the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or the subsoil thereof. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island

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