| | Geographic Coordinates: | 65 00 N, 18 00 W | | Location: | Northern Europe, island between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the UK | | Area: | total: 103,000 sq km
land: 100,250 sq km
water: 2,750 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Kentucky | | Land boundaries: | 0 km | | Coastline: | 4,970 km | | Terrain: | mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Hvannadalshnukur 2,110 m (at Vatnajokull glacier) | | Capital: | 8 regions; Austurland, Hofudhborgarsvaedhi, Nordhurland Eystra, Nordhurland Vestra, Sudhurland, Sudhurnes, Vestfirdhir, Vesturland |
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