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By Spencer Rothfleisch

By Spencer Rothfleisch. Visit The Website Version of this PowerPoint at: Visit-Iceland.weebly.com. Location. East of Greenland Northeast of USA Northwest of UK Capitol, Kopavogur is located at 22W 63E 3554.20 Miles direct route from USA to Iceland. Region.

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  1. By Spencer Rothfleisch Visit The Website Version of this PowerPoint at: Visit-Iceland.weebly.com

  2. Location East of Greenland Northeast of USA Northwest of UK Capitol, Kopavogur is located at 22W 63E 3554.20 Miles direct route from USA to Iceland

  3. Region • Language is Old Norse and Old Norwegian • Official religion is Lutheran Church of Iceland. • Other religions are Roman Catholic, Reykjavik Free Church, and Hafnarfjorour Free Church. • Currency is Króna • 114 Krona is equal to a dollar • Foods are fish, lamb, and diary products • Main sport played is Glíma • Glíma is a form of wrestling • Other Popular sports are football (soccer), track and field, handball, and basketball • ÁsgrímurJósson was a famouse painter in Iceland, below is one of his peices

  4. Region Cont. (Customs) All Holidays Below • Twelfth Night-last day of christmas • Bóndadagur-Husband’s day • Thorrablót-Month of Thorri feast • Konudagur-Wifes day • Bolludagur-bun day (pastries) • Sprengidagur-Bursting day (eat heavily salted lamb with peas, eat until your bursting point; until you cant eat anymore) • Öskudagur-Ash Wednesday, ashes are collected into small ash bags, then you pin the bag on an innocent passerby • Easter-Give and receive large chocolate eggs • Sumardagurinnfyrsti-First day of summer • Sjómannadagur-A holiday for seamen with fish and fun games • Icelandic Republic Day-June 17th, when Iceland became a republic in 1944 • Jónsmessa-Midsummer night, the longest day of the year! • Verslunarmannahelgi-The bank holiday, celebrating the shopkeepers and other merchants • DagurÍslenskrartungu-Icelandic language day • Independence Day-Unofficial Independence day on Dec. 1st when Iceland declaration of independence was created from Denmark in 1918 • Þorláksmessa-Eat putrefied steak to symbolize the what was traditionally the end of of the Christmas fast • Christmas-Celebrated on December 24th, at 6pm • New Year’s Eve-Friends and family get together to see bonfires and fireworks

  5. Location/Unique Features Blue lagoon, a beautiful geothermal spa Gullfoss, and awesome waterfall Askja, a stratovolcano Dynjani, a waterfall Museum of Iceland, a great museum Akureyrarkirkja, a chuch with beautiful architecture!

  6. Human Environment Interaction Natural Recourses: Fisheries, the base of the Icelandic economy Renewable Energy, almost all of Iceland’s electricity is from renewable recourses Water, pure and you can drink high quality right out of a water fountain

  7. Movement Transportation Main way is car Busses No public railways Exports Meat, fish, and processed foods Ports Reykjaneshofn DHL Express Iceland ehf Faxafloahafnirsf JonarTransport hf Port of Hafnarfjordur andSamskiphf

  8. PowerPoint by Spencer Rothflisch. Please check out visit-iceland.weebly.com for more in depth explanations of stuff you saw here! Thank you to Mr. Maver for assigning this amazing project! I learned a lot! Sources: Google Images. Google, n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013. <http://google.com/images>.  Iceland. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Wikipedia. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland>.  "Iceland." Encyclopedia Britannica. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.       <http://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/275026>.  "Blue Lagoon." Wkipedia. Wkipedia. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Lagoon_(geothermal_spa)>.  "Gullfoss." Wkipedia. N.p.: n.p., n.d.Wikipedia. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullfoss>.  "Golden Circle." Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Circle_(Iceland)>.  "Askja." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/       wiki/Askja>.  "Dyjandi." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/       wiki/Dynjandi>.  "National Museum of Iceland." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Iceland>. "Icelandic Króna." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_króna>.  "Traditions and seasonal customs." Iceland.is. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013.       <http://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/people-society/traditions/>.  "Natural Resources." Iceland.is. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2013.       <http://www.iceland.is/the-big-picture/nature-environment/       natural-resources/>.  "Transport in Iceland." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Iceland>.  All about Icelandic Exports. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.       <http://www.export.is/search.php/str/Ports>.  "Akureyrarkirkja." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Nov. 2013.       <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akureyrarkirkja>. 

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