近日，冰岛西南部地区地震频繁。当地时间11月11日，冰岛宣布进入紧急状态，截至11月9日中午的24小时内，该国西南部雷克雅内斯半岛发生大约1400次地震。冰岛到底拥有怎样的地质特征，让我们走近它，一探究竟。
Iceland, a land of fire and ice, stark contrasts and harmonious natural wonders.
No bucket list is complete without a visit to this remote island nation.
Let's start with the basics.
Iceland is 103,000 square kilometres big, making it slightly smaller than Cuba and slightly bigger than Hungary and Portugal.
Roughly 10% of its surface is covered by glaciers and there are 130 volcanoes spread throughout, 18 of which have erupted since the settlement of Iceland 1100 years ago.
Iceland ranks number one on the Global Peace Index and also takes first prize in Gender Equality with their first female president having been elected in 1980. Iceland is also one of the greenest nations in the world!
99% of its electricity is generated from renewable resources.
So if you're looking for a progressive and environmentally friendly place to call home, Iceland should be at the top of your list.
You'll be a part of a very intimate club, only 323,002 are able to call Iceland their home and nearly 60% of the entire population lives in and around Reykjavik, the northernmost capital city in the world.
With such a small populace, locals can find themselves talking to relatives they didn't know they had, more often than they'd like.
