Iceland by Chad and Kurt

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The swimming pool at Laugaskarð was at one time the largest in Iceland.

this web site tells you about lots of different things about iceland like the population and historical facts

this site can help u learn about iceland is has every major thing that happens in the world

this site is a site where you can find alot about a place or country.

this site is all about the history about iceland and how it became a country

5 BIG HISTORICAL EVENTS

874 - 930	Settlement of Iceland, mainly from the West coast of Norway and the Viking settlements in Ireland and Scotland.
1000	Icelander Leifur Eiríksson ecomes the first European to set foot in America. Christianity is adopted peacefully by the Althingi at Thingvellir.
1106	Founding of the episcopal seat of Holar for the northern region of Iceland.
1402	The Black Death reaches Iceland.

1537

Norway is dissolved as a state (until 1814) and becomes part of Denmark. Iceland comes directly under Danish crown.

All of this info came from

http://www.iceland.is/history-and-culture/History/EventsCalendar/

5 INTERESTING FACTS

1. Iceland is a large island in the North Atlantic close to the Arctic Circle.

2. The landscape is wild, rugged and colourful, with black lava, red sulphur, hot blue geysers, rivers, waterfalls and green valleys.

3. Its coastline is richly indented with bays and fjords.

4. More than half the population lives in or around Reykjavík, the capital.

5. Iceland is one of the most volcanically active countries in the world.

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