Worth knowing
Iceland
Iceland's parliament, the Althing, is often called the oldest in the world. It met at Þingvellir, where the North American and Eurasian plates are pulling apart by a couple of centimetres a year.
Where its story happens
Þingvellir, at 64.26°N, 21.13°W. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Iceland
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Iceland, the island in the North Atlantic between Greenland and Norway. See Iceland on a map.
- Its capital is the most northerly capital of any country.
- In 2010 a volcano here grounded flights across Europe for days.
- It has no army, and nearly all its electricity comes from rivers and underground heat.
- Its parliament first met in the year 930, outdoors, in a rift between two of the Earth's plates.