Is land and-sea-group-1

1. LAND AND SEA
Group 1
Edda, Katla, Helena Ásta and Andrea
Hello I am
Dora
welcome to
Iceland

2. Basic facts
◦ Iceland is an island with
only 350.000 people. Its
size is 103.000 km².
◦ The capital city is Reykjavík, it
is the northernmost capital in
the world.
◦ The Icelandic nation is defined
by its dramatic landscape with
volcanoes, hot springs and
lava fields.
The red
area is
Iceland

3. Splitting in two parts
◦ Iceland is an island in the Atlantic ocean
between America and Europe. West Iceland is
part of America and the east part of Iceland
belongs to Europe. You can see on the picture
above, the line which divides Iceland.
◦ The North American plate and Eurasian plate
(europe+asia) are departing and thus stretching
Iceland.

4. Beaches in IcelandBeaches in Iceland
Most of the beaches in Iceland are all black sand beaches.
Young kids love to collect stones and seashells from the beach.
Nauthólsvík is a friendly beach in Reykjavík that has hot tubs and
little space for kids to play. It´s very popular to go to that beach in
summer with friends and family and have a good time.
Nauthólsvík: 4.7 stars
Langisandur: 4.5 stars
Kirkjusandur: 5 stars

5. Harbours
◦ There are over 70 harbours in Iceland.
◦ Most harbours in Iceland are fishing harbours.
◦ Here are the locations of the main harbours in Iceland:

6. Fjords
◦ There are more than 30
fjords in Iceland.
◦ We have fjords in east,
west and north Iceland.
◦ Ísafjarðardjúp in the
west and Eyjafjörður in
the north are the
longest fjords in Iceland.
◦ Ísafjarðardjúp is about
76 km long.
Ísafjörður
Eyjafjörður

7. Sailing
Sailing abroad
◦ Most Icelanders fly with an airplane instead
of sailing, but when you sail you can take
your car with you.
◦ If you go by sea you can get a luxury cabin
and passage to a swimming pool, restaurant,
fitness area, and playground.
Cargo
The suites
are super
nice.
Eimskip is a leading transportation
company in the North Atlantic with
connections to international markets
worldwide.

8. Islands
◦ There are many islands around Iceland.
◦ Surtsey is the youngest island coming up in a
volcanic eruption that lasted from 1963-1967.
◦ Heimaey is the largest island with a population of
about 4200.
◦ People live in 8 islands around Iceland.
◦ There are about11.000 islands and reefs around
Iceland.

9. Hvalfjarðartunnel
◦ North of Reykjavík is a 30 km long fjord. Instead of driving 60 km you can go
through a tunnel.
◦ The tunnel is about 5.7 km long and 165m deep under the sea bottom.
◦ 5.500 people go through every day.
◦ Many fjords around Iceland are long and it can take time to drive around them.

10. Fish Around Iceland
◦ 5% of Icelanders work with fish.
◦ A big part of Icelandic export is fish, which is sold all
around the world.
◦ Cod and Haddock are among the most popular types of
fish.
◦ We use huge fish net to catch the fish.

11. Goodbye thanks
for listening ;)
I´m hungry,
what´s for
dinner