Iceland is the far-north island of volcanoes, geysers, and hot springs. Travel to Iceland, northern Iceland, the government of Iceland.
Nearly all its electricity and heating come from water and steam underground, which is why a cold island has warm houses and outdoor pools everywhere. It sits on the ridge where two plates pull apart, so it is growing. The word geyser is Icelandic.
1nounicelandAn island country in the north Atlantic.
“Iceland has many active volcanoes and hot springs.”
iceland is a country.
Ice plus land. The name is said to have been given to discourage settlers, while Greenland was named to attract them.
From ice + land.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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