<item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> Rockall continental shelf dispute involving Denmark, Ireland, and the UK (Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area)
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> temperate; moderated by North Atlantic Current; mild, windy winters; damp, cool summers
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly plateau interspersed with mountain peaks, icefields; coast deeply indented by bays and fiords
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 20%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 1%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 78%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> water pollution from fertilizer runoff; inadequate wastewater treatment
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to earthquakes and volcanic activity
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Air Pollution, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Environmental Modification, Marine Life Conservation
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> strategic location between Greenland and Europe; westernmost European country; more land covered by glaciers than in all of continental Europe