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Iceland |
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| Capital: |
Reykjavik |
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Europe |
| Subregion: |
Northern Europe |
| Area: |
103000 |
| Population size: (2025-06-19 21:31) |
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| Number of postal codes: |
147 |
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^(d{3})$ |
| Auto code: |
IS |
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+354 |
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| International organizations: |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
| WTO |
world Trade organisation |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| EFTA |
European Free Trade Association |
| EHEA |
European Higher Education Area |
| SBER |
Barents Euro-Arctic Council |
| CPAR |
Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region |
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 A country, state, region... (324) |
| Second-order administrative division (ADM2)
(A subdivision of a first-order administrative division) | 64 | | Administrative division (ADMD)
(An administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level) | 219 | | Historical second-order administrative division (ADM2H)
(A former second-order administrative division) | 17 | | Historical first-order administrative division (ADM1H)
(A former first-order administrative division) | 13 | | Independent political entity (PCLI)
| 1 | | Zone (ZN)
| 1 | | First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 8 | | Fourth-order administrative division (ADM4)
(A subdivision of a third-order administrative division) | 1 | |
 Stream, lake... (2957) |
| Stream (STM)
(A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land) | 1104 | | Bay (BAY)
(A coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf) | 102 | | Lake (LK)
(A large inland body of standing water) | 607 | | Reef(s) (RF)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material) | 92 | | Cove(s) (COVE)
(A small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay) | 184 | | Bank(s) (BNK)
(An elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation) | 47 | | Bog(s) (BOG)
(A wetland characterized by peat forming sphagnum moss, sedge, and other acid-water plants) | 180 | | Headwaters (STMH)
(The source and upper part of a stream, including the upper drainage basin) | 22 | | Glacier(s) (GLCR)
(A mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses) | 46 | | Waterfall(s) (FLLS)
(A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream) | 114 | | Fjord (FJD)
(A long, narrow, steep-walled, deep-water arm of the sea at high latitudes, usually along mountainous coasts) | 89 | | Lakes (LKS)
(Large inland bodies of standing water) | 77 | | Inlet (INLT)
(A narrow waterway extending into the land, or connecting a bay or lagoon with a larger body of water) | 26 | | Distributary(-ies) (STMD)
(A branch which flows away from the main stream, as in a delta or irrigation canal) | 3 | | Stream mouth(s) (STMM)
(A place where a stream discharges into a lagoon, lake, or the sea) | 19 | | Ravine(s) (RVN)
(A small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge) | 35 | | Lagoon (LGN)
(A shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature) | 39 | | Icecap (CAPG)
(A dome-shaped mass of glacial ice covering an area of mountain summits or other high lands; smaller than an ice sheet) | 17 | | Rapids (RPDS)
(A turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed) | 2 | | Spring(s) (SPNG)
(A place where ground water flows naturally out of the ground) | 19 | | Tidal creek(s) (CRKT)
(A meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents) | 1 | | Abandoned watercourse (STMQ)
(A former stream or distributary no longer carrying flowing water, but still evident due to lakes, wetland, topographic or vegetation patterns) | 2 | | Marine channel (CHNM)
(That part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable) | 25 | | Anabranch (STMA)
(A diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream) | 5 | | Lake bed(s) (LBED)
(A dried up or drained area of a former lake) | 3 | | Pond (PND)
(A small standing waterbody) | 5 | | Harbor(s) (HBR)
(A haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships) | 6 | | Icecap depression (DPRG)
(A comparatively depressed area on an icecap) | 2 | | Bight(s) (BGHT)
(An open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline) | 10 | | Crater lake (LKC)
(A lake in a crater or caldera) | 1 | | Overfalls (OVF)
(An area of breaking waves caused by the meeting of currents or by waves moving against the current) | 2 | | Icecap ridge (RDGG)
(A linear elevation on an icecap) | 1 | | Canalized stream (STMC)
(A stream that has been substantially ditched, diked, or straightened) | 1 | | Shoal(s) (SHOL)
(A surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material) | 22 | | Icecap dome (DOMG)
(A comparatively elevated area on an icecap) | 5 | | Sound (SD)
(A long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water) | 2 | | Anchorage (ANCH)
(An area where vessels may anchor) | 2 | | Current (CRNT)
(A horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity) | 2 | | Estuary (ESTY)
(A funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences) | 7 | | Tidal flat(s) (FLTT)
(A large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide) | 1 | | Geyser (GYSR)
(A type of hot spring with intermittent eruptions of jets of hot water and steam) | 1 | | Strait (STRT)
(A relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water) | 1 | | Channel (CHN)
(The deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows) | 4 | | Reservoir(s) (RSV)
(An artificial pond or lake) | 4 | | Hot spring(s) (SPNT)
(A place where hot ground water flows naturally out of the ground) | 15 | | Pool(s) (POOL)
(A small and comparatively still, deep part of a larger body of water such as a stream or harbor; or a small body of standing water) | 3 | |
 Parks, area ... (237) |
| Grazing area (GRAZ)
(An area of grasses and shrubs used for grazing) | 178 | | Region (RGN)
(An area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics) | 3 | | Historical region (RGNH)
(A former historic area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics) | 9 | | Area (AREA)
(A tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries) | 15 | | Park (PRK)
(An area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation) | 11 | | Coast (CST)
(A zone of variable width straddling the shoreline) | 7 | | Port (PRT)
(A place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging waterborne cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbor) | 9 | | Field(s) (FLD)
(An open as opposed to wooded area) | 4 | | Nature reserve (RESN)
(An area reserved for the maintenance of a natural habitat) | 1 | |
 City, village... (117) |
| Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 103 | | Farm village (PPLF)
(A populated place where the population is largely engaged in agricultural activities) | 1 | | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 7 | | Populated locality (PPLL)
(An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings) | 3 | | Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
| 1 | | Seat of a second-order administrative division (PPLA2)
| 1 | | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 1 | |
 Road, railroad (7) |
| Road (RD)
(An open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles) | 2 | | Road tunnel (TNLRD)
(A tunnel through which a road passes) | 1 | | Street (ST)
(A paved urban thoroughfare) | 2 | | Trail (TRL)
(A path, track, or route used by pedestrians, animals, or off-road vehicles) | 2 | |
 Spot, building, farm (5740) |
| Farm (FRM)
(A tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 4657 | | Abandoned farm (FRMQ)
| 415 | | Ruin(s) (RUIN)
(A destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional) | 162 | | Historical site (HSTS)
(A place of historical importance) | 9 | | Facility center (CTRF)
(A place where more than one facility is situated) | 6 | | Hut (HUT)
(A small primitive house) | 14 | | Cairn (CARN)
(A heap of stones erected as a landmark or for other purposes) | 4 | | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 212 | | Church (CH)
(A building for public Christian worship) | 16 | | School (SCH)
(Building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place) | 1 | | Lighthouse (LTHSE)
(A distinctive structure exhibiting a major navigation light) | 20 | | Country house (HSEC)
(A large house, mansion, or chateau, on a large estate) | 4 | | Facility (FCL)
(A building or buildings housing a center, institute, foundation, hospital, prison, mission, courthouse, etc.) | 4 | | Farms (FRMS)
(Tracts of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 6 | | Resort (RSRT)
(A specialized facility for vacation, health, or participation sports activities) | 1 | | Bridge (BDG)
(A structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across) | 3 | | Cave(s) (CAVE)
(An underground passageway or chamber, or cavity on the side of a cliff) | 5 | | Hydroelectric power station (PSH)
(A building where electricity is generated from water power) | 3 | | Camp(s) (CMP)
(A site occupied by tents, huts, or other shelters for temporary use) | 4 | | Asylum (ASYL)
(A facility where the insane are cared for and protected) | 2 | | Store (RET)
(A building where goods and/or services are offered for sale) | 1 | | Prison (PRN)
(A facility for confining prisoners) | 1 | | Cemetery (CMTY)
(A burial place or ground) | 2 | | Museum (MUS)
(A building where objects of permanent interest in one or more of the arts and sciences are preserved and exhibited) | 15 | | Agricultural facility (AGRF)
(A building and/or tract of land used for improving agriculture) | 1 | | Factory (MFG)
(One or more buildings where goods are manufactured, processed or fabricated) | 2 | | Breakwater (BRKW)
(A structure erected to break the force of waves at the entrance to a harbor or port) | 1 | | Abandoned factory (MFGQ)
| 2 | | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 1 | | Fuel depot (DPOF)
(An area where fuel is stored) | 1 | | Pier (PIER)
(A structure built out into navigable water on piles providing berthing for ships and recreation) | 1 | | House(s) (HSE)
(A building used as a human habitation) | 2 | | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 40 | | University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 1 | | Theater (THTR)
(A building or outdoor area used for live theatrical presentations, concerts, opera or dance productions, cinema, and/or other stage productions) | 2 | | Mall (MALL)
(A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways.) | 3 | | Building(s) (BLDG)
(A structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc.) | 1 | | Opera house (OPRA)
(A theater designed chiefly for the performance of operas.) | 2 | | Administrative facility (ADMF)
(A government building) | 3 | | Library (LIBR)
(A place in which information resources such as books are kept for reading, reference, or lending.) | 1 | | Tower (TOWR)
(A high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter) | 7 | | Bank (BANK)
(A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. ) | 2 | | Ferry (FY)
(A boat or other floating conveyance and terminal facilities regularly used to transport people and vehicles across a waterbody) | 1 | | Post office (PO)
(A public building in which mail is received, sorted and distributed) | 29 | | Office building (BLDO)
(Commercial building where business and/or services are conducted) | 1 | | Dry dock (DCKD)
(A dock providing support for a vessel, and means for removing the water so that the bottom of the vessel can be exposed) | 1 | | Grave (GRVE)
(A burial site) | 1 | | Abandoned airfield (AIRQ)
| 27 | | Airfield (AIRF)
(A place on land where aircraft land and take off; no facilities provided for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 24 | | Observation point (OBPT)
(A wildlife or scenic observation point) | 1 | | Monument (MNMT)
(A commemorative structure or statue) | 1 | | Golf course (RECG)
(A recreation field where golf is played) | 7 | | Casino (CSNO)
(A building used for entertainment, especially gambling) | 1 | | Square (SQR)
(A broad, open, public area near the center of a town or city) | 1 | | Temple(s) (TMPL)
(An edifice dedicated to religious worship) | 1 | | Stadium (STDM)
(A structure with an enclosure for athletic games with tiers of seats for spectators) | 2 | | Zoo (ZOO)
(A zoological garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition) | 1 | | Racetrack (RECR)
(A track where races are held) | 1 | |
 Mountain, hill, rock... (6574) |
| Saddle (SDL)
(A broad, open pass crossing a ridge or between hills or mountains) | 12 | | Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 1187 | | Valley (VAL)
(An elongated depression usually traversed by a stream) | 783 | | Hills (HLLS)
(Rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 99 | | Peak (PK)
(A pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature) | 664 | | Mountain (MT)
(An elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more) | 1066 | | Slope(s) (SLP)
(A surface with a relatively uniform slope angle) | 292 | | Cliff(s) (CLF)
(A high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area) | 132 | | Gorge(s) (GRGE)
(A short, narrow, steep-sided section of a stream valley) | 122 | | Rock (RK)
(A conspicuous, isolated rocky mass) | 249 | | Shore (SHOR)
(A narrow zone bordering a waterbody which covers and uncovers at high and low water, respectively) | 12 | | Mountains (MTS)
(A mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges) | 78 | | Pass (PASS)
(A break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap]) | 128 | | Point (PT)
(A tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape) | 362 | | Rocks (RKS)
(Conspicuous, isolated rocky masses) | 139 | | Lava area (LAVA)
(An area of solidified lava) | 149 | | Headland (HDLD)
(A high projection of land extending into a large body of water beyond the line of the coast) | 90 | | Island (ISL)
(A tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 283 | | Promontory(-ies) (PROM)
(A bluff or prominent hill overlooking or projecting into a lowland) | 79 | | Ridge(s) (RDGE)
(A long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest) | 160 | | Islands (ISLS)
(Tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 60 | | Sand area (SAND)
(A tract of land covered with sand) | 45 | | Upland (UPLD)
(An extensive interior region of high land with low to moderate surface relief) | 22 | | Moraine (MRN)
(A mound, ridge, or other accumulation of glacial till) | 4 | | Ford (FORD)
(A shallow part of a stream which can be crossed on foot or by land vehicle) | 40 | | Spur(s) (SPUR)
(A subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation) | 101 | | Volcano (VLC)
(A conical elevation composed of volcanic materials with a crater at the top) | 14 | | Peninsula (PEN)
(An elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water) | 30 | | Plain(s) (PLN)
(An extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area) | 28 | | Beach (BCH)
(A shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves) | 22 | | Nunatak (NTK)
(A rock or mountain peak protruding through glacial ice) | 4 | | Cirque (CRQ)
(A bowl-like hollow partially surrounded by cliffs or steep slopes at the head of a glaciated valley) | 8 | | Fissure (FSR)
(A crack associated with volcanism) | 18 | | Spit (SPIT)
(A narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody) | 34 | | Crater(s) (CRTR)
(A generally circular saucer or bowl-shaped depression caused by volcanic or meteorite explosive action) | 20 | | Boulder field (BLDR)
(A high altitude or high latitude bare, flat area covered with large angular rocks) | 3 | | Dune(s) (DUNE)
(A wave form, ridge or star shape feature composed of sand) | 4 | | Cone(s) (CONE)
(A conical landform composed of mud or volcanic material) | 1 | | Cleft(s) (CFT)
(A deep narrow slot, notch, or groove in a coastal cliff) | 6 | | Bar (BAR)
(A shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts) | 4 | | Caldera (CLDA)
(A depression measuring kilometers across formed by the collapse of a volcanic mountain) | 1 | | Cape (CAPE)
(A land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction) | 6 | | Section of island (ISLX)
| 2 | | Plateau (PLAT)
(An elevated plain with steep slopes on one or more sides, and often with incised streams) | 1 | | Islet (ISLET)
(Small island, bigger than rock, smaller than island.) | 6 | | Terrace (TRR)
(A long, narrow alluvial platform bounded by steeper slopes above and below, usually overlooking a waterbody) | 1 | | Rockfall (RKFL)
(An irregular mass of fallen rock at the base of a cliff or steep slope) | 1 | | Mound(s) (MND)
(A low, isolated, rounded hill) | 1 | | Canyon (CNYN)
(A deep, narrow valley with steep sides cutting into a plateau or mountainous area) | 1 | |
 Undersea (29) |
| Valley (VALU)
(A relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient) | 23 | | Slope (SLPU)
(The slope seaward from the shelf edge to the beginning of a continental rise or the point where there is a general reduction in slope) | 6 | |
 Forest, heath... (293) |
| Heath (HTH)
(An upland moor or sandy area dominated by low shrubby vegetation including heather) | 259 | | Forest(s) (FRST)
(An area dominated by tree vegetation) | 31 | | Tree(s) (TREE)
(A conspicuous tree used as a landmark) | 1 | | Cultivated area (CULT)
(An area under cultivation) | 2 | |
