Iceland is located in northern part of Atlantic ocean on the same island which is second-largest island in the Europe. Borrows the area, together with nearby small islands, equal 103 thousand sq. km. In the north the country Greenland sea, in the east - washes Norwegian sea, and in the West - Denmark strait which divides Iceland and Greenland. Extent of island Iceland from the West on the east makes 480 km, from the south on the north - 306 km. The most northern point of island is just on Northern polar circle, therefore in the summer here it is possible to admire the white nights, but in December the sun appears only at 3-4 o’clock.
Island Iceland - a part of the North-Atlantic oceanic ridge, formed on a joint lithospheric plates. Its surface is a volcanic plateau on which because of set of movements of an earth’s crust a plenty of volcanoes and as consequence, geysers and hot sources was formed. The majority of Volcanos in Iceland concern to volcanos interstitial the type, craters representing turns along breaks and cracks. For example, a volcano Varnishes are a huge crack in an earth’s crust, filled by the fallen asleep lava. Or Esiya - the extinct volcano having the form of a long ridge with flat top. And the national symbol of the country considers a volcano Hekla - the most known volcano of Iceland.
Hot sources meet on all country, except for east part where they practically are not present.
The most known geothermal area in Iceland is “ the Valley of geysers ”, in 60 km from Reykjavik. On island energy of warm sources is widely used, for example them heat houses.
The glaciers covering a surface of the country, - one of the greatest in the world. Not without reason the name of island is translated, as “ the ice country ”; the total area of glaciers makes almost 12 thousand sq. km.
Western, east and northern coast of Iceland are strongly dismembered by fjords, southern and southwest coast generally sandy and equal.
On island there is a huge quantity of the rivers, but they, the truth, not navigable. Longest of them is Skiyalvandafliot, Fiyodlyum, Tiyorsar, Yokulisa and Yolivyusaa. The Greatest lakes of Iceland - Tourisvatn and Tingvadlavatn.