Iceland map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Iceland!
Quizzes in this pack
Iceland: cities, landmarks, volcanoes, waterfalls.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
| Volcanoes | 8 questions |
| Waterfalls | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital, world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state, powered by geothermal energy
- Answer: Reykjavík
- Capital of the north, at the head of Iceland's longest fjord, gateway to whale watching
- Answer: Akureyri
- Town on the Reykjanes Peninsula, home to Iceland's international airport and the Blue Lagoon nearby
- Answer: Keflavík
- Largest town in the remote Westfjords, surrounded by dramatic mountains and fjords
- Answer: Ísafjörður
- Southeastern fishing town, gateway to Vatnajökull glacier, famous for langoustine
- Answer: Höfn
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Gullfoss
On the Hvítá, south-west Iceland
Gullfoss, the “golden falls”, drops 32 metres in two steps into a narrow canyon. In the early 1900s there were plans to dam it for power, and Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of the farmer who owned the land, fought to save it. It is now one of the best-known sights in Iceland.
- Height
- 32 m in two steps
- River
- Hvítá
Þingvellir
Golden Circle
At Þingvellir the Icelanders founded their parliament, the Althing, in 930, one of the oldest in the world, and met here in the open air until 1798. The valley lies where the North American and Eurasian plates are pulling apart, and the cracks in the ground grow about two centimetres a year.
- Did you know?
- In the Silfra crack you can snorkel between two continents
Blue Lagoon
Reykjanes Peninsula, near Grindavík
The Blue Lagoon is a spa in a lava field on the Reykjanes Peninsula, filled with warm seawater from the Svartsengi power station nearby. Silica in the water gives it its milky blue colour, and bathers smear the white mud on their faces.
- Did you know?
- The water stays at about 38 °C all year
Landmannalaugar
Fjallabak Nature Reserve
Landmannalaugar lies in the highlands of Iceland, among mountains of rhyolite streaked in pink, yellow, green and blue. Hikers soak in a natural hot spring by the campsite, and the Laugavegur trail sets off from here.
- Altitude
- About 600 m
- Did you know?
- The roads there are open only in summer and cross rivers without bridges
Skógafoss
South coast of Iceland
Skógafoss is a wide curtain of water, 60 metres high and 25 metres wide, on the south coast. Its spray makes rainbows on sunny days. A legend says the Viking settler Þrasi hid a chest of gold behind the waterfall.
- Height
- 60 m
- River
- Skógá
Svartifoss
Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park
Svartifoss, the “black falls”, drops over a cliff of dark basalt columns that hang like organ pipes. The columns formed when lava cooled slowly, and they inspired the design of the church Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík.
- Height
- 20 m
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
