WebThe Turkish Abductions (Icelandic: Tyrkjaránið) were a series of slave raids by pirates from Northwest Africa that took place in Iceland in the summer of 1627.. The pirates came from the cities of Algiers and Salé. They raided Grindavík, the East Fjords, and Vestmannaeyjar. About 50 people were killed and close to 400 captured and sold into …

WebAs Iceland is situated in a highly geothermal location, 70.38% of total energy used in the country comes from geothermal sources as of 2020. This means 173.2 petajoules (PJ) of the total 246.1 PJ of primary energy used by Iceland in 2020 is from a geothermal source. The geothermal energy is then used in two main ways: direct application and indirectly via …

WebThe settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic.The reasons for the migration are uncertain: later in the Middle Ages Icelanders themselves tended to cite civil strife brought about by the ambitions of the …

WebDescription. An ice cap is a mass of glacial ice that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area covering a highland area and they feed outlet glaciers.Many Icelandic ice caps and glaciers lie above volcanoes, such as Grímsvötn and Bárðarbunga, which lie under the largest ice cap, Vatnajökull.The caldera of Grímsvötn is 100 km² in area, and Bárðarbunga is 60 km².

WebList of localities. The majority of the functions that are carried out by local governments actually happen at the municipal level. However, most settlements in Iceland are broken down further into the "locality" level, which are mainly used for information collection and statistical analysis purposes only—they are the regional equivalent of a census division.

WebThe invasion of Iceland (codenamed Operation Fork) by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines occurred on 10 May 1940, during World War II.The invasion took place because the British government feared that Iceland would be used by the Germans, who had recently overrun Denmark, which was in personal union with Iceland and which had previously …

WebThe Citizens' Movement (Icelandic: Borgarahreyfingin) was a political party in Iceland, founded in the lead up to the 2009 election during the Global Recession, which severely affected Iceland.. In the election, the Citizens' Movement won 4 out of 63 seats in Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament.The elected members were Þráinn Bertelsson, film director

WebBlack sand is sand that is black in color. One type of black sand is a heavy, glossy, partly magnetic mixture of usually fine sands containing minerals such as magnetite, found as part of a placer deposit.Another type of black sand, found on beaches near a volcano, consists of tiny fragments of basalt.. While some beaches are predominantly made of black sand, …

WebThe Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 11–12 October 1986. The talks collapsed at the last minute, but the progress that had been achieved eventually resulted in the 1987 Intermediate-Range …

WebThe first day of summer (sumardagurinn fyrsti [ˈsʏːmarˌtaːɣʏrɪn ˈfɪ(r̥)stɪ]) is an annual public holiday in Iceland that is celebrated on the first Thursday after 18 April (some time between 19-25 April).. It is a celebration of the start of the first summer month (Harpa) of the old Icelandic calendar.The old calendar had six months of short days (winter) and six months …

WebIceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 34 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when prevented from competing due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years.The country's best result is two second-place finishes, with Selma in 1999 and Yohanna in 2009.. Iceland has …

WebThe Iceland men's national under-21 football team is a national under-21 football team of Iceland and is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland.The team is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Icelandic men's national football team.Since the establishment of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 1978, the team …

WebThe president of Iceland (Icelandic: Forseti Íslands) is the head of state of Iceland.The incumbent is Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, who is now in his second term as president, elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.. Vigdís Finnbogadóttir assumed Iceland's presidency on 1 August 1980, she made history as the first elected female head of state …

WebPrior to the 2018 contest, Iceland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty times since its first entry in 1986. Iceland's best placing in the contest to this point was second, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1999 with the song "All Out of Luck" performed by Selma and in 2009 with the song "Is It True?" performed by Yohanna.Since …