AtlasIcelandIcelandOne word pinned hereIceland65.0000°N -19.0000°W · Q189One English word in this atlas traces back to Iceland. It sits in Iceland.ShareAll of Iceland Pinned hereIcelandic Sheepdognoun · 20th centuryProbableThe breed nearly died out at home and was rescued partly by an Englishman.Norse settlers brought the dogs' ancestors in the ninth century and the type appears in later Icelandic writing, but disease and culls had almost finished it by the early 1900s. Mark Watson, an Englishman who imported and bred the dogs from the 1950s, is generally credited with starting the recovery.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsgeyserHaukadalur, Iceland98 kmNessieLoch Ness, United Kingdom1,153 kmHighland gamesScottish Highlands, United Kingdom1,160 kmScotch tapeScotland, United Kingdom1,161 km