| Climate Iceland :
| temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers
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| Terrain Iceland :
| mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords
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| Elevation extremes lowest Iceland :
| Atlantic Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Iceland :
| Hvannadalshnukur 2,119 m (at Vatnajokull glacier)
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| Natural resources Iceland :
| fish, hydropower, geothermal power, diatomite
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| Land use arableland Iceland :
| 0,07%
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| Irrigated land Iceland :
| NA sq km
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| Natural hazards Iceland :
| earthquakes and volcanic activity
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| Environment current issues Iceland :
| water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment
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| Geography note Iceland :
| 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
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