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Isi-Icelandic lilizwe lesiqithi saseNordic kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki olukuMntla kunye noLwandlekazi lweArctic . IIceland lelona lizwe linabemi abambalwa eYurophu . ^[1] Ikomkhulu laseIceland kunye nesona sixeko sikhulu yiReykjavík, elikhaya malunga ne-36% yabemi. I-Iceland yeyona ndawo inkulu yoMmandla we-Mid-Atlantic Ridge onyuka ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, kwaye umbindi walo wentaba-mlilo ugqabhuka phantse rhoqo . ^{[2] [3]} Ngaphakathi kukho ithafa elibonakala ngamathafa esanti kunye nodaka, iintaba kunye nomkhenkce, kwaye imilambo emininzi yomkhenkce iqukuqela ukuya elwandle kwiindawo ezisezantsi . I-Iceland ifudunyezwa yiGulf Stream kwaye inemozulu epholileyo, nangona i-latitude ephakamileyo ngaphandle kwe- Arctic Circle . Ubude bayo obuphakamileyo kunye nempembelelo yaselwandle igcina ihlobo libanda, kwaye uninzi lweziqithi zalo zinemozulu epholileyo .

Ngokusemthethweni iRiphabhlikhi yase-Iceland (isi-Icelandic: Lýðveldið Ísland ), lilizwe lesiqithi elikumantla aseYurophu kwaye liyinxalenye yoMmandla weScandinavia . Ibekwe kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki yoMntla, phakathi kweGreenland neGreat Britain, kumntla-ntshona weZiqithi zeFarae . I-Iceland ijikelezwe luLwandle lwaseGreenland ukuya emantla, uLwandlekazi lwaseAtlantiki oluseMantla ukuya empuma nasemazantsi, kunye neDenmark Strait ngasentshona.

Ngo-2020, abantu bebengama- 366 700; oku kuyenza ibe lelinye lawona mazwe anabemi baseYurophu . Ikomkhulu yiReykjavík, esona sixeko sinabantu abaninzi besizwe esinabemi abamalunga ne- 140 000, ngelixa isixeko sesibini esibalulekileyo yiAkureyri enabemi abamalunga nama 20 000 . Ifumaneka kumbindi we-Atlantiki, i-Iceland iphawule umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo kunye ne-geothermal, ebonakalisa ngamandla imbonakalo yomhlaba. Ingaphakathi libandakanya ubukhulu becala intlango, iintaba kunye ne-glaciers, apho imilambo emininzi yomkhenkce igeleza ukuya elwandle, inqumla kwiindawo eziphantsi . Imozulu yesiqithi yahluke kakhulu: emantla icacile, njengoko iphakathi, ngelixa isiqithi sonke imozulu ibanda elwandle ngenxa yeGulf current, evumela ukuhlala kakuhle.

1. ↑ "Statistics Iceland" Government The National Statistical Institute of Iceland 14 September 2008 archived from the original on 2 December 1998 retrieved 14 September 2008  Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
2. ↑ Rae, Alison.
3. ↑ Philippon, Mélody; Von Hagke, Christoph; E. Reber, Jacqueline.