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Iceland

Iceland is a stunningly beautiful place if you enjoy strange and desolate landscapes interspersed with glaciers, volcanoes, rivers and waterfalls. It is a place for hiking, ice climbing, kayaking in glacial waters, and relaxing in geothermal hot springs, and there are many tours available for those looking for a less strenuous vacation.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Reykjavík and Akureyri.

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is the capital of and largest city in Iceland and with an urban area population of around 233,000, it is the home to two-thirds of Iceland's population.

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, with a population of around 19,000, is the largest town in Iceland outside the , and the unofficial capital of .

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is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population. It lies immediately south of and is part of the .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Southwest Iceland and South Iceland.

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is the region of Iceland where the majority of the country's population lives, in and around the capital.

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is the region of Iceland along the North Atlantic Ocean. 's charm lies in its many large and impressive waterfalls and glaciers, unique geology and fascinating medieval history.

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is the region of Iceland along the Greenland Sea, flirting with the Arctic Circle.

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Eastern Region is a region in eastern Iceland. Its area is 15,706 square kilometres and in 2024 its population was 11,085. The Eastern Region has a jagged coastline of fjords, referred to as the Eastfjords.

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Western Region is one of the traditional eight regions of Iceland, located on the western coast of the island. As of 2024, the region has a population of 17,419.

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The are in the far northwest of Iceland, a sparsely populated, rugged territory intertwined by fjords.

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The Highland or The Central Highland is an area that comprises much of the land of Iceland. The Highland is situated above 300–400 meters and is mostly uninhabitable.

Iceland

Latitude of center
65° north
Longitude of center
-18.4° or 18° 24′ west
Population
384,000
Area
103,000 km² (39,769 miles²)
Elevation
859 metres (2,818 feet)
Capital
Reykjavik
Currency
Krona (ISK)
Phone code
.is
Internet domain
354
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424314784
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2629691
Wiki­data ID
Q189
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Iceland” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Исландиа”
  • Achinese: “Islandia”
  • Adyghe: “Исландие”
  • Afrikaans: “Ysland”
  • Akan: “Aesland”
  • Albanian: “Islanda”
  • Albanian: “Islandë”
  • Amharic: “አይስላንድ”
  • Amis: “Iceland”
  • Angika: “आइसलैंड”
  • Arabic: “آيسلندا”
  • Arabic: “أيسلندا”
  • Arabic: “ايسلندا”
  • Arabic: “جمهورية آيسلندا”
  • Aragonese: “Islandia”
  • Armenian: “Իսլանդիա”
  • Arpitan: “Islanda”
  • Arpitan: “Islande”
  • Assamese: “আইচলেণ্ড”
  • Asturian: “Islandia”
  • Asturian: “República d’Islandia”
  • Atayal: “Iceland”
  • Avaric: “Исландия”
  • Awadhi: “आइसलैंड”
  • Aymara: “Islandiya”
  • Azerbaijani: “İslandiya”
  • Balinese: “Islandia”
  • Bambara: “Aisland”
  • Bambara: “Isilandi”
  • Bashkir: “Исландия”
  • Basque: “Islandia”
  • Bavarian: “Island”
  • Bavarian: “Ísland”
  • Belarusian: “Ísland”
  • Belarusian: “Ісландыя”
  • Belarusian: “Ісьляндыя”
  • Belarusian: “Рэспубліка Ісландыя”
  • Bengali: “আইসলণ্ড”
  • Bengali: “আইসল্যান্ড”
  • Betawi: “Èslan”
  • Bhojpuri: “आइसलैंड”
  • Bishnupriya: “আইসল্যান্ড”
  • Bislama: “Aislan”
  • Bislama: “Iceland”
  • Bosnian: “Island”
  • Breton: “Island”
  • Bulgarian: “Исландия”
  • Burmese: “အိုက်စလန်”
  • Burmese: “အိုက်စလန်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Catalan: “Islàndia”
  • Cebuano: “Iceland”
  • Cebuano: “Islandya”
  • Central Bikol: “Islanda”
  • Central Bikol: “Islandya”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئایسلەند”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئایسلەندا”
  • Chamorro: “Islandia”
  • Chavacano: “Islandia”
  • Chechen: “Исланди”
  • Cherokee: “ᎤᏁᏍᏓᎶᎢ”
  • Cherokee: “ᏧᏁᏍᏓᎸᎯ”
  • Chinese: “Bīngdǎo”
  • Chinese: “Peng-tó”
  • Chinese: “冰岛”
  • Chinese: “冰岛共和国”
  • Chinese: “冰島”
  • Chinese: “冰島共和國”
  • Church Slavic: “Исландъ”
  • Chuvash: “Исланди”
  • Cornish: “Island”
  • Corsican: “Islanda”
  • Crimean Tatar: “İslandiya”
  • Croatian: “Island”
  • Czech: “Island”
  • Dagbani: “Iceland”
  • Danish: “Island”
  • Dhivehi: “އައިސްލަންޑަން”
  • Dimli (individual language): “İslanda”
  • Dotyali: “आइसल्याण्ड”
  • Dutch: “IJsland”
  • Dutch: “IS”
  • Dutch: “ISL”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨའིསི་ལེནཌ་”
  • Dzongkha: “ཨཱའིས་ལེནཌ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Исландий”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايسلاندا”
  • Erzya: “Исландия Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “IS”
  • Esperanto: “Islando”
  • Esperanto: “Respubliko Islando”
  • Estonian: “Island”
  • Ewe: “Aiseland nutome”
  • Ewe: “Iceland”
  • Extremaduran: “Islandia”
  • Extremaduran: “Islándia”
  • Faroese: “Ísland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Iceland”
  • Fijian: “Aisiladi”
  • Finnish: “Islannin tasavalta”
  • Finnish: “Islanti”
  • French: “IS”
  • French: “Isl.”
  • French: “Islande”
  • French: “l’Islande”
  • French: “République d’Islande”
  • Friulian: “Islande”
  • Fulah: “Islannda”
  • Gagauz: “İslandiya”
  • Galician: “Islandia”
  • Ganda: “Ayisirandi”
  • Ganda: “Isilandi”
  • Georgian: “ისლანდია”
  • German: “Island”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Iceland”
  • Gilaki: “ايسلند”
  • Goan Konkani: “Iceland”
  • Goan Konkani: “आइसलँड”
  • Gothic: “𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳”
  • Greek: “Δημοκρατία της Ισλανδίας”
  • Greek: “Ισλανδία”
  • Guarani: “Ilándia”
  • Guarani: “Iylanda”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Islann”
  • Gujarati: “આઇસલૅન્ડ”
  • Gujarati: “આઇસલેન્ડ”
  • Gujarati: “આઈસલેંડ”
  • Haitian: “Islann”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pên-tó”
  • Hausa: “Aisalan”
  • Hausa: “Ayislan”
  • Hausa: “Iceland”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻĀina Hau”
  • Hebrew: “איסלנד”
  • Hindi: “आइसलैंड”
  • Hindi: “आइसलैण्ड”
  • Hindi: “आइस्लैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Izland”
  • Hungarian: “Izlandi Köztársaság”
  • Icelandic: “Ísland”
  • Icelandic: “Lýðveldið Ísland”
  • Ido: “Islando”
  • Igbo: “Iceland”
  • Iloko: “Icelandia”
  • Iloko: “Islandia”
  • Inari Sami: “Island täsiväldi”
  • Inari Sami: “Island”
  • Indonesian: “Islandia”
  • Ingush: “Исланди”
  • Interlingua: “Islanda”
  • Interlingue: “Island”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐄᔅᓚᓐᑦ”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐊᐃᔅᓚᓐᑦ”
  • Irish: “an Íoslainn”
  • Irish: “An Íoslainn”
  • Italian: “Islanda”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Aislan”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “hAislan”
  • Japanese: “アイスランド”
  • Japanese: “アイスランド共和国”
  • Javanese: “Èslan”
  • Javanese: “Islandia”
  • Kabardian: “Ислэнд”
  • Kabiyè: “Isilandɩ”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Islándia”
  • Kabyle: “Island”
  • Kalaallisut: “Islandi”
  • Kalmyk: “Ислгудин Орн”
  • Kannada: “ಐಸ್‍ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kannada: “ಐಸ್‌ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Islandiya”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “İslandiya”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Исландия”
  • Kashmiri: “اَیِسلینڑ”
  • Kashubian: “Islandëjô”
  • Kazakh: “Исландия”
  • Khmer: “ប្រទេសអាយឡែន”
  • Khmer: “ប្រទេសអ៊ីស្លង់”
  • Khmer: “អ៊ីស្លង់”
  • Kikuyu: “Aislandi”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Isilande”
  • Kirghiz: “Исландия”
  • Kölsch: “Island”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Исланд”
  • Komi: “Исландия”
  • Kongo: “Islande”
  • Korean: “아이슬란드 공화국”
  • Korean: “아이슬란드”
  • Korean: “이슬란드”
  • Kotava: “Islanda”
  • Kurdish: “Îsland”
  • Kurdish: “Îslanda”
  • Kurdish: “Îslenda”
  • Ladin: “Islanda”
  • Ladino: “Islandia”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດອິດສະລັງ”
  • Lao: “ອິດສະລັງ”
  • Lao: “ໄອສແລນ”
  • Latgalian: “Īslandeja”
  • Latin: “Islandia”
  • Latvian: “Islande”
  • Latvian: “Īslande”
  • Lezghian: “Исландия”
  • Ligurian: “Islanda”
  • Ligurian: “Islànda”
  • Limburgan: “Iesland”
  • Lingala: “Isilandɛ”
  • Lingala: “Islandi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Island”
  • Literary Chinese: “冰島”
  • Lithuanian: “Islandija”
  • Lithuanian: “Islandijos Respublika”
  • Liv: “Īsland”
  • Livvi: “Islandii”
  • Lojban: “island”
  • Lombard: “Islanda”
  • Lombard: “Islànda”
  • Low German: “Ieslaand”
  • Low German: “Iesland”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Islandska”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Isilande”
  • Lule Sami: “Islánnda”
  • Luxembourgish: “Island”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Islanda”
  • Macedonian: “Исланд”
  • Madurese: “Islandia”
  • Maithili: “आइसलैंड”
  • Malagasy: “Islandy”
  • Malay: “Iceland”
  • Malay: “اءيسلند”
  • Malayalam: “ഐസ്‌ലാന്റ്”
  • Maltese: “Iżlanda”
  • Maltese: “l-iżlanda”
  • Maltese: “l-Iżlanda”
  • Maltese: “Repubblika tal-Iżlanda”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯥꯢꯁ꯭ꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Manx: “yn Eeslynn”
  • Manx: “Yn Eeslynn”
  • Maori: “Tiorangi”
  • Marathi: “आइसलँड”
  • Mazanderani: “ایسلند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Bĭng-dō̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Iceland”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Peng-tó”
  • Minangkabau: “Islandia”
  • Mingrelian: “ისლანდია”
  • Mirandese: “Eislándia”
  • Moksha: “Исландмастор”
  • Mongolian: “Исланд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “إسلاندا”
  • Narom: “Islaunde”
  • Nauru: “Aiterand”
  • Nauru: “Iceland”
  • Navajo: “Tin Kéyah”
  • Nepali: “आइसल्याण्ड”
  • Nepali: “आइसल्यान्ड”
  • Nepali: “आइस्ल्याण्ड”
  • North Ndebele: “Iceland”
  • Northern Frisian: “Islun”
  • Northern Luri: “ایسلند”
  • Northern Sami: “Islánda”
  • Northern Sami: “Islándda dásseváldi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Island”
  • Norwegian: “Island”
  • Novial: “Islande”
  • Obolo: “Aisilan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Islàndia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Island”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Īsland”
  • Oriya: “ଆଇସଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ”
  • Oromo: “Aayislaandi”
  • Ossetian: “Исланди”
  • Pali: “आइसलैंड”
  • Pampanga: “Iceland”
  • Pampanga: “Islandya”
  • Pangasinan: “Island”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਈਸਲੈਂਡ”
  • Papiamento: “Islandia”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Island”
  • Persian: “ایسلند”
  • Picard: “Islinde”
  • Piemontese: “Islanda”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Iseland”
  • Polish: “Islandia”
  • Pontic: “Ισλανδία”
  • Portuguese: “Islândia”
  • Pushto: “آيسلينډ”
  • Pushto: “آيسلېنډ”
  • Pushto: “آیسلینډ”
  • Quechua: “Islandia”
  • Quechua: “Islandiya”
  • Quechua: “Islandya”
  • Quechua: “Islanriya”
  • Romanian: “Islanda”
  • Romanian: “Republica Islanda”
  • Romansh: “Islanda”
  • Rundi: “Ayisilandi”
  • Russia Buriat: “is”
  • Russia Buriat: “ISL”
  • Russia Buriat: “Island”
  • Russia Buriat: “Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Исланд Улас”
  • Russia Buriat: “Исланд”
  • Russian: “Исландия”
  • Russian: “Республика Исландия”
  • Rusyn: “Ісланд”
  • Sakizaya: “Iceland”
  • Samoan: “Aiselani”
  • Samogitian: “Islandėjė”
  • Sango: “Islande”
  • Sango: “Islânde”
  • Sanskrit: “आइसलैंड”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱭᱤᱥᱞᱮᱱᱰ”
  • Saraiki: “آئس لینڈ”
  • Sardinian: “Islanda”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ieslound”
  • Scots: “Iceland”
  • Scots: “Republic o Iceland”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Innis Tile”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Innis Tìle”
  • Serbian: “Island”
  • Serbian: “Исланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Island”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းဢၢႆးသလႅၼ်ႇ”
  • Shona: “Iceland”
  • Shona: “Yisirandi”
  • Sicilian: “Islandia”
  • Silesian: “Islandyjo”
  • Sindhi: “آئس لينڊ”
  • Sinhala: “අයිස්ලන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Islaant tääʹssväʹldd”
  • Skolt Sami: “Islantt”
  • Slovak: “Island”
  • Slovak: “Islandská republika”
  • Slovenian: “Islandija”
  • Somali: “Ayslaan”
  • Somali: “Ayslaand”
  • Somali: “Island”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایسلند”
  • Southern Sami: “Islaante”
  • Southern Sami: “Jïengelaante”
  • Southern Sotho: “Iceland”
  • Spanish: “Islandia”
  • Spanish: “República de Islandia”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Islenikondre”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵉⵙⵍⴰⵏⴷⴰ”
  • Sundanese: “Islandia”
  • Swahili: “Aisilandi”
  • Swahili: “Iceland”
  • Swahili: “Isilandi”
  • Swati: “Echweni”
  • Swedish: “Island”
  • Swedish: “Republiken Island”
  • Swiss German: “Island”
  • Tachelhit: “Aysland”
  • Tachelhit: “Ayslanda”
  • Tagalog: “Iceland”
  • Tajik: “Исландия”
  • Talysh: “Islandijə”
  • Talysh: “İslandiyə”
  • Tamil: “ஐசுலாந்து”
  • Tamil: “ஐஸ்லாந்து”
  • Taroko: “Iceland”
  • Tatar: “Исландия”
  • Telugu: “ఐస్లాండ్”
  • Telugu: “ఐస్‌లాండ్”
  • Tetum: “Izlándia”
  • Thai: “ประเทศไอซ์แลนด์”
  • Thai: “ไอซ์แลนด์”
  • Tibetan: “ཨ་ཨི་སི་ལནད།”
  • Tibetan: “ཨཡིསུ་ལེན་ཌ།”
  • Tigrinya: “ኣየርላንድ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Aislan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻAisilani”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Island”
  • Tsonga: “Iceland”
  • Tumbuka: “Iceland”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “إيزلندا”
  • Turkish: “İzlanda”
  • Turkmen: “Islandiýa”
  • Tuvinian: “Исландия”
  • Twi: “Island”
  • Udmurt: “Исландия”
  • Uighur: “ئىسلاندىيە”
  • Ukrainian: “Ісландія”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Islandska”
  • Urdu: “آئس لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Islandiya”
  • Venetian: “Islanda”
  • Veps: “Islandii”
  • Veps: “Islandijan Tazovaldkund”
  • Vietnamese: “Ai-xơ-len (Iceland)”
  • Vietnamese: “Ai-xơ-len”
  • Vietnamese: “Băng Đảo”
  • Vietnamese: “Iceland”
  • Vlaams: “Ysland”
  • Vlax Romani: “Iceland”
  • Volapük: “Lisladeän”
  • Võro: “Island”
  • Walloon: “Izlande”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Islandya”
  • Welsh: “Gwlad yr Iâ”
  • Welsh: “is”
  • Western Armenian: “Իսլանտա”
  • Western Balochi: “ایسلند”
  • Western Frisian: “Yslân”
  • Western Panjabi: “آئس لینڈ”
  • Wolof: “Islaand”
  • Wolof: “Islànd”
  • Wu Chinese: “冰岛”
  • Xhosa: “Ayisilend”
  • Yakut: “Исландия”
  • Yiddish: “איסלאנד”
  • Yiddish: “איסלאַנד”
  • Yoruba: “Aṣilandi”
  • Yoruba: “Íslándì”
  • Yue Chinese: “冰島”
  • Zeeuws: “Iesland”
  • Zhuang: “Binghdauj”
  • Zulu: “I-Ayisilandi”
  • Zulu: “i-Iceland”
  • “IS”
  • “ISL”
  • “Island”
  • “Islanda”
  • “Islandėjė”
  • “Islandia”
  • “Islandiah”
  • “Islandiah Axkayotl”
  • “Islanne”
  • “ma Isilan”
  • “आइसलैंड”

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