How to identify Iceland in GeoGuessr?

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Iceland

clues 8Regions 9Updated 2023-07-01

Quiz ▾Basics ▾Importance

LanguageIcelandic

Driving sideDrives on the right

Domain.is

Easily confused with:Faroe IslandsQuizzes for this area:Iceland State Quiz, Iceland City Quiz

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Clues that work anywhere in this area

Bollard★★★

Bollards here are yellow.

Examples1 2 3 4

Landscape★★★

The terrain here is shaped by lava, so the soil looks black overall. Because of that, rivers and wetlands appear irregularly, and rivers with straight banks are essentially nonexistent.

Watch outThe Canary Islands, Réunion, the Pitcairn Islands, and other places with similarly volcanic terrain often have blackish soil too.

Examples1See alsoCanary Islands Réunion Pitcairn

Plants & farming★★★

Native plant life is limited to moss and needle-like grasses.

Examples1 2SourcesOn the geological and natural-environmental characteristics of Iceland - Nagoya Gakuin University Journal, Humanities and Natural Sciences

Language & Script★★★

The letter "ð" is used only in the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

License Plate★★★

License plates are white with no blue stripe on the left.

Examples1 2

Building★★★

There are no wooden Nordic-style lodge houses here, and windows are large. Since trees don't grow in this environment, wooden walls and roofs are essentially nonexistent.

Examples1 2 3 4 5 6SourcesWhat Nordic house design can learn from Icelandic homes

Signs★★★

The crosswalk sign is yellow. You might not find many outside city centres.

Narrowing down the region1

Once you know the area: which part of it

Agriculture

Plants & farming★★★

Several large glass greenhouses in a row, with steam rising nearby, mean the south (Hveragerði, etc.). Vegetables and flowers are grown in geothermally heated greenhouses.

Examples1SourcesGreenhouses and Geothermal - Orka náttúrunnar (distribution of greenhouses)

Where

A lit-up greenhouse (Reykholt, southern Iceland)

Regions

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Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place

An island nation where volcanoes and glaciers coexist, with about 11% of its land covered by glaciers and more than 30 active volcanoes^[ref]
The Althing, considered the world's oldest parliament, was founded in 930, and the country covers most of its electricity needs with geothermal energy^[ref]

Nearby areas

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