Iceland

Mostly geothermal energy, which is naturally heated water from underneath the earth from volcanoes.

Not that long ago really it was 1950 to 1970 and it was the Cod War or Þorskastríðiðin icelandic

It was because the UK aka United kingdom wanted to fish in our sea but we didn't want that and they were pissed at us or something like that :)

According to Landnamabok, a medieval Icelandic manuscript, the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingolfur Arnarson became the first permanent Norwegian settler on the island.

they import banana, apples, and those fruits.

on the 23 of December is a day we call þorláksmessa, on tat day we eat ray

on the 24 we eat our Christmas meal at 6 o'clock and then we open our presents

then in 6th of January Christmas is over ;)

The Central Bank of Iceland's site has photos and descriptions (in English) of current coins in circulation here: http://www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=273

All buildings, swimming pools and some of the sidewalks and streets in Reykjavík, Iceland (same for most of the country) are heated by geo-thermally heated water that is brought to the city in pipes from several kilometers away.

Most people voted "NO!" There have been several votings, but the majority says no and so therefore they are not a member. People just don't want to and a lot of counties who says yes regret it afterwards.

The official public holidays in Iceland are as followed

New Year's Day - January 1

Palm Sunday (m)

Maundy Thursday (m)

Good Friday (m)

Easter Day (m)

Easter Monday (m)

First Day of Summer (m)

May Day - May 1st

Ascension (m)

Whit Sunday (m)

Whit Monday (m)

The Seamen's Day (m)

Icelandic National Day - June 17

Commerce Day (m)

Christmas - December 24-26

New Year's Eve - December 31

(m) = Holiday date can change

The northernmost part of Greenland is approximately 700km, or 450 miles, from the North Pole.

17th June is the independance day of Iceland. independance day is the major annual event in Iceland. Here independance day is celebrated by processions, dancing in the streets, in the parks and at the schools. On 17th June, 1944 Iceland gained full freedom from Denmark.

As it was the Birthday of Jon Sigurosson 17th June was also chosen as the independance day of iceland. The major figure of the culture of Iceland was Jón Sigurðsson. He was the leader of 19th century's Independent Movement in Iceland.

When the Vikings arrived in Iceland they discovered that it held many resources and riches. They named it Iceland in order to discourage other people from settling there so that they could have it all to themselves. They named Greenland because it was barren and icy and so that people people would settle there instead.

Iceland is also home to Europe's biggest glacier (Vatnajokull), the Vikings might have first seen this part of Iceland and noted the ice, ergo, Iceland.

Iceland was named Iceland to prevent settlers from moving there, and Greenland was named Greenland to make settler move there.

Iceland being an independent country, belongs to the Icelanders or citizens of Iceland. Iceland is a member of the UN (November 19th, 1946), NATO, EFTA, EEA and OECD. Iceland's membership of EFTA-a European trade bloc-means that it is not currently a member of the European Union. In addition to these organisations, Iceland is the sole partner of the Faroe Islands signatury to the Hoyvík Agreement. Unlike Greenland, Iceland DOES NOT belong to Denmark!

Yes

The capital of Iceland is Reykjavik.
Reykjavík has officially been the capital of Iceland since 1845.

Iceland is located to the North West of the United Kingdom, in the middle of the Atlantic. Its co-ordinates are 64.8343° N, 18.9770° W

Floki Vilgeroarson after spending one winter there gave the island its currrent name. He was the first Scandinavian to deliberately sail to Iceland.

the floki guy named it iceland to keep the vikings away from it

Actually no, I was born and raised in iceland, and am descendant from Vikings, my father told me the real story, Floki named it iceland because he sailed to the north part where everything was ice and snow, hence, Iceland.

The myth that we named iceland, iceland, is totally untrue but seems beliveable.

they are bald and paint themselves green when the go to war. noooo.....they're people, not aliens...

they usually have two arms, two legs, eight fingers and two thumbs, ten toes, two eyes, one nose, two ears, one mouth, oh, and a lot of internal organs.

Some important products of iceland, are sheep wool rugs, and weoven sweaters. Some other products of Iceland are fish.

Ísland

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This is the correct spelling for the way the Icelanders say Iceland.....but is pronounced Is-land (as in 2 separate English words is and land ) not island like we would pronounce the word if written this way.

JOKULSA a FJOLLUM This glacial river, a discharge of the icecap Vatnajökull in the south, is the most voluminous in the northern part of the country. Its discharge area, 7380 km², is the largest on in Iceland. About 1700 km² thereof are sub glacial. The river is 206 km long and the average flow over Dettifoss is 183 m³/sec.

The major body of water around Iceland is the Atlantic Ocean.

the closest country Iceland is Greenland i answered this and I'm only nine

You have to be 18 years of age

The average amount of rainfall in the arctic ocean per year is 50 inches of snow.

Zhe formation: Sorry I have wondered the same thing for years (the landmass i mean) and no-one seems to know or bother to tell me, put it in a book or on the internet. However I found this: "Iceland was formed for about 24 million years." I assume it was 24 million years ago. Though there are great masses of sands and peninsulas that were formed by volcanoes more recently. Zhe discovery: (Possibly) Irish monks 7th century. (Most (very, very) likely:) Vikings 860s-874s) (9th Century). Zhe settlement: Ingólfr Arnarson (Norseman) 874. Zhe foundation; Icelandic Commonwealth: 930. Scandinavian kings: 1262-1918. Home rule: 1918. Modern Icelandic Republique: 1944.