Passport card
Iceland
Iceland
- Capital
- Reykjavík
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Icelandic króna
- Languages
- Icelandic
- People
- About 3.9 lakh
- Size
- About 1.0 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir
- Republic since
- 17 June 1944
- Time
- 5½ hours behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 6:30 am in Reykjavík
⭐ Reykjavík is the most northern capital of any country.
Your Iceland stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Iceland
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Iceland
Turn the globe with your finger. Iceland has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Iceland and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 32 times the size of Iceland.
- PeopleIndia has about 3,700 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 3.9 lakh in Iceland.
- DistanceReykjavík is about 7,600 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeIceland is 5½ hours behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 6:30 am in Reykjavík.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Iceland, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Iceland
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Iceland's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Iceland back on the map
Iceland and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Iceland worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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