Why is it that Greenland isn’t called Iceland and vice versa? After all, we know that Greenland is nearly entirely covered in ice and Iceland, well, isn’t!
Iceland had a few other names throughout history, including “Snæland” (snowland) and Garðarshólmur ("Garðar's little island"). Iceland current name came from a Norwegian Viking called Flóki Vilgerðarson. He chose the name after seeing a distant fjord full of sea-ice from a mountain. He didn’t think very much of Iceland, and that may be why...
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