What is the latitude and longitude of Iceland?

With a latitude and longitude of 64 09 ′ n, 02156 ′ w and an area of1030,000 square kilometers, Iceland is the second largest island in Europe. Iceland is the westernmost country in Europe. It is located in the middle of the North Atlantic, and its north is near the Arctic Circle. Iceland is covered by glaciers, with an area of 1.8 square kilometers and a coastline of about 4,970 kilometers. It is bordered by the Greenland Sea in the north, by the Danish Strait in the northwest and by the Norwegian Sea in the northeast.

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Iceland belongs to time zone 0, with Greenwich mean time, 8 hours time difference from Beijing and no daylight saving time. The whole Iceland is a bowl-shaped highland, surrounded by coastal mountains and with a plateau in the middle. Most of them are platforms, and the height of the platforms is between 400 and 800 meters. Individual peaks can reach1300-1700m. The highest mountain in Iceland is Mount Henuk in Huanadar (2 1 19 meters).

The lowland area is very small, and there are marine plains and ice water alluvial plains in the west and southwest, accounting for about 7% of the whole island area. The coastline without glaciers is irregular, with many fjords and bays. Other coastal areas are mainly beaches, and sandbars off the coast form lagoons.

There are more than 100 volcanoes in Iceland, and Nuuk volcano in Huana Darce is the highest peak in China, with an altitude of 2 1 19 meters. Almost the whole country of Iceland is built on volcanic rocks, and most of the land cannot be cultivated. 1963 to 1967, the volcanic activity in the southwest coast is about 2. 1km? This island. Iceland has the largest number of hot springs in the world, so it is called "the country of ice and fire".

Since the late Early Miocene, it has been formed by the accumulation of upper mantle materials spilled from the rift valley in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to a volcanic island. The rocks that make up Iceland are all volcanic rocks, and the most widely distributed are basalt, andesite, rhyolite and so on.

There are many volcanoes on the island, which are called "Polar Fire Island". * * There are 200-300 volcanoes and 40-50 active volcanoes. The main volcanoes are Laki Volcano, Huanadals Volcano, Haikela Volcano and catra Volcano. Iceland has the largest number of hot springs in the world. There are about 250 alkaline hot springs on the island, and the largest hot spring can produce 200 liters of spring water per second.

Iceland has many fountains, waterfalls, lakes and fast-flowing rivers. Sijursao, the largest river, is 227 kilometers long. Iceland has a cold temperate maritime climate with changeable climate. Influenced by the North Atlantic warm current, it is milder than other places in the same latitude. The sunshine time is long in summer and extremely short in winter. Aurora can be seen in autumn and early winter. Iceland is called "Volcanic Island", "Kirishima", "Frozen Soil" and "Island of Ice and Fire".

Rivers radiate from the central plateau. The main rivers are: Fyodlesme Glacier, etc. Iceland is not only the center of the Quaternary ice sheet, but also modern glaciers are distributed on the plateau, mainly shield-shaped ice cap glaciers and a few ice bucket glaciers, accounting for 1 1.5% of the total island area.

There are Vatna Ice Sheet, Lange Ice Sheet, Hoves Ice Sheet and Mida Glacier, of which Vatna Ice Sheet covers an area of 8450km? With a thickness of several hundred meters to 2 kilometers, it is the largest glacier in the world except Antarctica and Greenland.

Iceland is located at high latitude, but it belongs to temperate maritime climate and is a special climate in the same latitude because of the influence of the North Atlantic warm current and the control of the westerlies.

Influenced by the North Atlantic warm current, it mainly flows out from its south, and there is a branch around its west and north. Therefore, although it is located near the Arctic Circle, the temperature is not low in winter, and the temperature in summer is between 7- 12℃.

Located near the center of low pressure in Iceland, the weather is changeable. Cyclones have brought abundant precipitation to Iceland. The annual average precipitation in southwest and west is between1000-2000mm, and it is less in north and northeast, which is 400-600mm ... It may rain and snow in any season.

Although Iceland is close to the North Pole, the temperature in winter is not very low, and the average temperature is around -2℃. The temperature in summer is only 7-20℃, and cool weather is most suitable for outdoor activities, so the best travel time in Iceland is June-September and1-March.

At the end of June-August, there will be extreme days and almost no nights in Iceland. Special natural phenomena provide convenience for those tourists. They can camp in tents and drive at night.

1-March is a good season for skating and ice fishing. In addition, you can try other more exciting activities, such as snowmobiling or cross-country hunting.

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