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Arctic Region > Iceland > Transportation
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| ICELANDIC TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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121.55 million tons/km
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[57th of 153]
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Air transport, passengers carried
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1,528,929
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[74th of 164]
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Aircraft departures
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11,700 |
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[89th of 155]
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Airports
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99 |
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[61st of 247]
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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1 |
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[99th of 117]
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Highways > Total
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12,955 km |
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[3rd of 118]
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Motor vehicles
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522 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[13th of 134]
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Ports and harbors Akureyri, Hornafjordhur, Isafjordhur, Keflavik, Raufarhofn, Reykjavik, Seydhisfjordhur, Straumsvik, Vesttmannaeyjar |
Ports and terminals Grundartangi, Hafnarfjordur, Reykjavik |
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Railways
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0 km |
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[29th of 86]
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Railways > Total
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0 km |
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[187th of 220]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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34.4 %
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[43rd of 163]
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Roads, total network > km
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12,972 km
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[62nd of 172]
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Roadways > Total
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13,058 km |
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[9th of 85]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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8,661 km |
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[4th of 79]
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Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
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50 |
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Iceland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area) remains dormant; dispute with Denmark over the Faroe Islands' fisheries median line boundary within 200 nm; disputes with Denmark, the UK, and Ireland over the Faroe Islands continental shelf boundary outside 200 nm |
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Vehicle abundance
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113.84 per square km |
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[6th of 141]
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Waterways
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0 km |
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[119th of 165]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Speed limit
; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Iceland, Republic of Iceland, Lydhveldidh Island, Island
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