diff --git a/Materials/regions/iceland.xml b/Materials/regions/iceland.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edaef0ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Materials/regions/iceland.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!-- General settings for all Iceland materials -->
+<PropertyList>
+  <!-- Define Iceland as a box with given latitude/longitude -->
+  <condition>
+   <and>
+   <equals>
+    <property>sim/startup/season</property>
+    <value>summer</value>
+   </equals>
+    <and>
+     <greater-than>
+      <property>position/longitude-deg</property>
+      <value>-25.0</value>
+     </greater-than>
+     <less-than>
+      <property>position/longitude-deg</property>
+      <value>-10.0</value>
+     </less-than>
+     <greater-than>
+      <property>position/latitude-deg</property>
+      <value>60.0</value>
+     </greater-than>
+     <less-than>
+      <property>position/latitude-deg</property>
+      <value>70.0</value>
+     </less-than>
+    </and>
+   </and>
+  </condition>
+
+</PropertyList>
diff --git a/Materials/regions/materials.xml b/Materials/regions/materials.xml
index 62bdf0fc3..155367f82 100644
--- a/Materials/regions/materials.xml
+++ b/Materials/regions/materials.xml
@@ -1432,6 +1432,172 @@
   <load-resistance>1e30</load-resistance>
 </material>
 
+<!-- REGIONAL DEFINITIONS - ICELAND                       -->
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>Landmass</name>
+  <name>SomeSort</name>
+  <name>Island</name>
+  <name>Default</name>
+  <texture-set>
+   <texture>Terrain/lava1.png</texture>
+   <texture n="11">Terrain/grass_hires.png</texture>
+   <texture n="12">Terrain/rocks-lava.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <light-coverage>10000000.0</light-coverage>
+  <shininess>2.5</shininess>
+  <rolling-friction>0.1</rolling-friction>
+  <friction-factor>0.7</friction-factor>
+  <bumpiness>0.1</bumpiness>
+</material>
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>DeciduousBroadCover</name>
+  <name>DeciduousForest</name>
+  <texture-set>
+   <texture>Terrain/iceland_grass.png</texture>
+   <texture n="11">Terrain/grass_green_hires.png</texture>
+   <texture n="12">Terrain/dry_pasture4.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <light-coverage>10000000.0</light-coverage>
+  <wood-coverage>400000.0</wood-coverage>
+  <tree-texture>Trees/deciduous-summer.png</tree-texture>
+  <tree-varieties>8</tree-varieties>
+  <tree-range-m alias="/params/forest/tree-range-m"/>
+  <tree-height-m>25.0</tree-height-m>
+  <tree-width-m>15.0</tree-width-m>
+  <rolling-friction>1</rolling-friction>
+  <bumpiness>0.85</bumpiness>
+</material>
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>Sand</name>
+  <texture-set>
+   <texture>Terrain/lava1.png</texture>
+   <texture n="11">Terrain/lava_hires.png</texture>
+   <texture n="12">Terrain/rocks-desert.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <light-coverage>10000000.0</light-coverage>
+  <shininess>2.5</shininess>
+  <rolling-friction>0.1</rolling-friction>
+  <friction-factor>0.7</friction-factor>
+  <bumpiness>0.1</bumpiness>
+</material>
+
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>ShrubCover</name>
+  <name>ShrubGrassCover</name>
+  <name>ScrubCover</name>
+  <name>Scrub</name>
+  <name>Sclerophyllous</name>
+  <texture-set>
+   <texture>Terrain/shrub1.png</texture>
+   <texture n="11">Terrain/grass_green_hires.png</texture>
+   <texture n="12">Terrain/herbtundra_iceland.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <diffuse>
+   <r>0.86</r>
+   <g>0.86</g>
+   <b>0.86</b>
+   <a>1.0</a>
+  </diffuse>
+  <specular>
+   <r>0.1</r>
+   <g>0.1</g>
+   <b>0.1</b>
+   <a>1.0</a>
+  </specular>
+  <shininess>1.2</shininess>
+  <light-coverage>20000000.0</light-coverage>
+  <wood-coverage>12000.0</wood-coverage>
+  <tree-texture>Trees/mixed-shrub.png</tree-texture>
+  <tree-varieties>8</tree-varieties>
+  <tree-range-m alias="/params/forest/tree-range-m"/>
+  <tree-height-m>2.0</tree-height-m>
+  <tree-width-m>2.0</tree-width-m>
+  <rolling-friction>0.6</rolling-friction>
+  <bumpiness>0.4</bumpiness>
+</material>
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>DryLake</name>
+  <name>IntermittentReservoir</name>
+  <name>IntermittentLake</name>
+  <texture-set>
+  	<texture>Terrain/lava_drylake.png</texture>
+	<texture n="11">Terrain/lava_drylake.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <solid>1</solid>
+  <friction-factor>0.9</friction-factor>
+  <rolling-friction>0.04</rolling-friction>
+  <bumpiness>0.1</bumpiness>
+</material>
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>Marsh</name>
+  <name>Littoral</name>
+  <name>FloodLand</name>
+  <name>SaltMarsh</name>
+  <name>HerbWetlandCover</name>
+  <name>WoodedWetlandCover</name>
+  <texture-set>
+  <texture>Terrain/marsh2.png</texture>
+  <texture n="11">Terrain/grass_hires.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <solid>1</solid>
+  <light-coverage>40000000.0</light-coverage>
+  <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
+  <rolling-friction>0.3</rolling-friction>
+  <bumpiness>0.2</bumpiness>
+  <load-resistance>1e30</load-resistance>
+</material>
+
+<material include="Materials/regions/iceland.xml">
+  <name>HerbTundraCover</name>
+  <name>HerbTundra</name>
+  <effect>Effects/herbtundra</effect>
+  <texture-set>
+  <texture>Terrain/herbtundra_iceland.png</texture>
+  <texture n="11">Terrain/lava_hires.png</texture>
+  <texture n="12">Terrain/rocks-lava.png</texture>
+  </texture-set>
+  <xsize>2000</xsize>
+  <ysize>2000</ysize>
+  <light-coverage>4000000.0</light-coverage>
+  <diffuse>
+   <r>0.93</r>
+   <g>0.95</g>
+   <b>0.93</b>
+   <a>1.0</a>
+  </diffuse>
+  <specular>
+   <r>0.1</r>
+   <g>0.12</g>
+   <b>0.1</b>
+   <a>1.0</a>
+  </specular>
+  <shininess>1.2</shininess>
+  <solid>1</solid>
+  <friction-factor>0.8</friction-factor>
+  <rolling-friction>0.1</rolling-friction>
+  <bumpiness>0.15</bumpiness>
+  <load-resistance>1e30</load-resistance>
+</material>
+
+
 <!-- DEFAULT SUMMER DEFINITIONS                           -->
 
 <material>
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