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Information And Facts About Ice Land |
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Iceland is an island which covers 39,756 square miles with an average height of 500m above the sea level. It is situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; it is a centre of geothermal activity. It has experienced thirty post glacial volcanoes in the past two centuries.
The population of the Iceland is about a quarter of a million out of which half of the population lives in the capital and its neighboring towns in the southwest.
The Iceland is on Greenwich Mean Time all year round, in spite of its mid Atlantic location. The time difference between the New York and Iceland is around Five hours. Irish were the first to inhabited Iceland who invaded in eighth century.
Fishing and Seafood is the major source of income and the economy of the Iceland heavily depends on it, almost 60 percent of the total export depends on the seafood products.
Credit Cards are most widely used in the Iceland for purchases and cash advances, traveler cheques are accepted by all the banks and most of the motels.
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