Some geographical data about Iceland

 

Area of Iceland, sq. km		103,000
	Vegetation	23,805
	Lakes	2,757
	Glaciers	11,922
	Wasteland	64,538
	Sea area within fishing limits	758,000
	Coast line, km	4,970
Area by height in meters above sea level, sq km
	0–200	24,700
	201–400	18,400
	401–600	22,200
	601 meters and over	37,700
Distance between Iceland and nearest countries, km
	Greenland	287
	Faroe Islands	420
	Jan Mayen	550
	Scotland	798
	Norway	970
Most beautiful lakes in Iceland
		Sq. km	Dept in meters
	Þingvallavatn	82	114
	Lögurinn	53	112
	Mývatn	37
	Öskjuvatn	11	220
Primary island by sq. km
	Heimaey	13
	Hrísey á Eyjafirði	8
	Grímsey	5
	Flatey á Skjálfanda	3
	Viðey	2
	Surtsey	2
Primary glaciers by sq. km
	Vatnajökull	8,300
	Langjökull	953
	Hofsjökull	925
	Mýrdalsjökull	596
	Drangajökull	160
	Snæfellsjökull	11
Primary rivers
		Length in km	m3/sec
	Þjórsá	230	370
	Jökulsá á Fjöllum	206	183
	Ölfusá/Hvítá	185	423
	Skjálfandafljót	178	95
	Jökulsá á Dal	150	205
	Hvítá í Borgarfirði	117	89
Primary waterfalls height in meters
	Glymur í Botnsá	190
	Háifoss í Fossá	122
	Hengifoss í Hengifossá	110
	Seljalandsfoss í Seljalandsá	65
	Skógafoss í Skógá	62
	Dettifoss í Jökulsá á Fjöllum	44
	Gullfoss í Hvítá	32
	Hjálparfoss í Fossá	13
	Goðafoss í Skjálfandafljóti	12
Noteworthy mountains height in meters above sea level
	Hvannadalshnjúkur	2,110
	Kverkfjöll	1,920
	Snæfell	1,833
	Hekla	1,491
	Snæfellsjökull	1,446
	Skjaldbreiður	1,060
	Esja	914
Source: Statistics Iceland Back to Economy