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テ行afjテカrテーur
テ行afjテカrテーur (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of テ行afjテカrテーur with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjテカrテーur, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord テ行afjarテーardjテコp. With a population of about 2,600, テ行afjテカrテーur is the largest settlement in the peninsula of Vestfirテーir (Westfjords) and the administration centre of the テ行afjarテーarbテヲr municipality, which includes窶巴esides テ行afjテカrテーur窶杯he nearby villages of Hnテュfsdalur, Flateyri, Suテーureyri, and テ枴ngeyri. History According to the Landnテ。mabテウk (the book of settlement), Skutulsfjテカrテーur was first settled by Helgi Magri Hrテウlfsson in the 9th century. In the 16th century, the town grew as it became a trading post for foreign merchants. Witch trials were common around the same time throughout the Westfjords, and many people were banished to the nearby peninsula of Hornstrandir, now a nat ...
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Westfjords Heritage Museum
The Westfjords Heritage Museum ( ) is a museum in テ行afjテカrテーur in the Westfjords of Iceland. The museum is based on maritime heritage and gives an insight into the local Westfjords fisheries and fishing industry as well the life of the fishermen, their families and the coastal culture through the centuries. The museum has made a policy concerning preservation of boats to restore them to their previous condition and to keep them seaworthy. The main focus is also to maintain knowledge and skills concerning their repair and maintenance and make sure that the knowledge is being passed between generations. The museum was opened in Turnhテコsiテー on Fisherman's Day in 1988. Most of the museum collection consists of various historical things regarding the fisheries and the fishing industry around the Westfjords. Among interesting things is a collection of 190 accordions, a collection of valuable old boats and different things found by divers in the seas around the fjords. The museum i ...
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テ行afjテカrテーur Airport
テ行afjテカrテーur Airport ( ) is an airport serving テ行afjテカrテーur, a town in the Westfjords () region in northwestern Iceland. History Planning for the airport started in 1958 construction of the runway started the same year. It was originally 1,100 meters long and the cost of the construction was 4.8 million ISK. It was formally opened on 2 October 1960 with ''Gljテ。faxi'', a Douglas DC-3 from Flugfテゥlag テ行lands, being the first plane to land on the airport. Approach Located in a fjord, the approach to the runway requires aircraft to fly close to the surrounding terrain, making it unique and more challenging than most airports. Approaches generally cannot be straight-in for either direction, and when landing to the northeast, a full 180 degree turn must be made before touchdown. The sharp turn and the approach is featured as one of the landing challenges in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Airlines and destinations Statistics Passengers and movements Control tower. Inciden ...
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テ行afjarテーarbテヲr
テ行afjarテーarbテヲr () is a municipality of Iceland in the Westfjords region, created in 1996 from Flateyrarhreppur, テ行afjarテーarkaupstaテーur, Mosvallahreppur, Mテスrahreppur, Suテーureyrarhreppur and テ枴ngeyrarhreppur. Geography The principal settlement is テ行afjテカrテーur, others being Hnテュfsdalur, Flateyri, Suテーureyri and テ枴ngeyri. Education * University Centre of the Westfjords 窶 a higher education institute in テ行afjテカrテーur * Flateyri Folk High School 窶 a folk high school in Flateyri * Menntaskテウlinn テ。 テ行afirテーi 窶 a gymnasium in テ行afjテカrテーur Sports Local football club Vestri plays in the country's second tier as of 2022. They play their home games at the Torfnesvテカllur in テ行afjテカrテーur. Transport The municipality is served by テ行afjテカrテーur Airport. Twin towns 窶 sister cities テ行afjarテーarbテヲr is twinned with: * Joensuu, Finland * Kaufering, Germany * Linkテカping, Sweden * Runavテュk, Faroe Islands * Tテクnsberg, Norway Mayors * Kristjテ。n テ榲ウr Jテコlテュusson ...
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テ行afjarテーardjテコp
テ行afjarテーardjテコp () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Its name translates to ''Depth of the fjord of sea ice''. Originally named simply テ行afjテカrテーur, the semantic run around happened through the -Deep meaning the inner parts of the fjord being reapplied throughout the innsea. It has even been suggested that this is nonsensical and should be reversed. The fjord was named simultaneously with the island by Raven-Floke as he viewed it from a mountain from the south. テ行afjテカrテーur, capital of the Westfjords region, is situated close to the mouth of テ行afjarテーardjテコp in Skutulsfjテカrテーur. Other major settlements in テ行afjarテーardjテコp are Bolungarvテュk, Hnテュfsdalur and Sテコテーavテュk. The north-eastern coast is fairly straight with the only inlet being Kaldalテウn, but the southern side has fjords extending well into the land: Skutulsfjテカrテーur, テ〕ftafjテカrテーur, Seyテーisfjテカrテーur (Djテコp), Seyテーisfjテカrテーur, Hestfjテカrテーur, Skテカtufjテカrテーur, Mjテウifjテカrテーur (Djテコp), Mjテウifjテカrテ ...
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Westfjords
The Westfjords or West Fjords (, ) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of Iceland by a seven-kilometre-wide isthmus between Gilsfjテカrテーur and Bitrufjテカrテーur . The Westfjords are mountainous; the coastline is heavily indented by dozens of fjords surrounded by steep hills. These indentations make roads very circuitous and communications by land difficult. In addition, many roads are closed by ice and snow for several months of the year. The Vestfjarテーagテカng road tunnel from 1996 has improved that situation. The cliffs at Lテ。trabjarg comprise the longest bird cliff in the northern Atlantic Ocean and are at the westernmost point in Iceland. Drangajテカkull, the only glacier in the region, is located in the north of the peninsula and is the fifth-largest in the country. Westfjords is certified by the EarthCheck Su ...
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Vestfjarテーagテカng
Vestfjarテーagテカng (, regionally also , ) is the longest tunnel in Iceland, located in Westfjords in northwestern Iceland. It has a length of and was opened in September 1996. The tunnel has three entrances and the three arms meet at junction in the tunnel. The three arms are known as: *Breiテーadalur, 4,150 m (13,615 ft), which gives access to Flateyri and the south-western part of the Westfjords; *Botnsdalur 2,907 m (9,537 ft), which gives access to the village of Suテーureyri to the west, a dead end route; *Tungudalur 2,103 m (6,900 ft), which gives access to テ行afjテカrテーur テ行afjテカrテーur (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of テ行afjテカrテーur with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjテカrテーur, a fjord ... and the northern part of the Westfjords. Only the Tungudalur arm has two lanes throughout. Much of the rest of the tunnel has only one lane with passing place ...
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Bolungarvテュk
Bolungarvテュk (, regionally also ) is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvテュkurkaupstaテーur in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately from the town of テ行afjテカrテーur and from the capital city Reykjavテュk. Bolungarvテュk is close to abundant fishing grounds and has been used as an outpost for fishing since the 17th century, making it one of the earliest in Iceland. The village was not accessible by road until 1950, and in 2010 the Bolungarvテュkurgテカng tunnel was opened under the テ都hlテュテー mountain to bypass the old road, which was frequently subject to avalanches and rock falls. Tourist sites include the テ都vテカr Maritime Museum, featuring a restored 19th-century fishing hut, a natural history museum, which houses taxidermied animals including a polar bear and the biggest bird collection in Iceland, and an indoor swimming pool with outdoor hot tubs and a water slide. Skテ。lavテュk bay can be reached by a gravel roa ...
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Hnテュfsdalur
Hnテュfsdalur () is a small village in the municipality of テ行afjarテーarbテヲr, located between Bolungarvテュk and テ行afjテカrテーur. The literal meaning of the name is "Knife's Valley". Some guess that the thin or sharp line of the mountain range resembles that of a knife. No mention is made of the place in the '' Book of Settlement''. History In 1910 an avalanche killed 20 people in Hnテュfsdalur, one of the deadliest in Iceland in the 20th century. On 25 September 2010, Bolungarvテュkurgテカng, a 5,156 m (16,916 ft) tunnel between Hnテュfsdalur and neighbouring town Bolungarvテュk Bolungarvテュk (, regionally also ) is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvテュkurkaupstaテーur in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately from the town of テ行afjテカrテーur and from ..., was opened. References Populated places in Westfjords {{Iceland-geo-stub ...
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Regions Of Iceland
The regions of Iceland are eight areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1959 and 2003. These regions are not incorporated polities but rather recognized groupings of municipalities. Iceland only has two levels of administration, the national government and 62 municipalities. The municipalities have organized themselves into eight regional associations and those boundaries are also recognized by Statistics Iceland to report statistics. Since 2014, police and commissioner ('' sテスslumaテーur'') districts have followed the eight region model with the exception that Vestmannaeyjar forms a special district and not part of the Southern Region. The divisions of Iceland for the purposes of health care and district courts diverge more from the commonly used eight region model. The postal code system also roughly corresponds with the regions with the first digit of the three digit codes usually being the same as on the map b ...
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Suテーureyri
Suテーureyri () is a small Icelandic fishing village perched on the tip of the 13 km-long Sテコgandafjテカrテーur in the Westfjords. The community was isolated for years by the huge mountains and rough road that led over them. Now it is connected to テ行afjテカrテーur テ行afjテカrテーur (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of テ行afjテカrテーur with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjテカrテーur, a fjord ... by a 5 km tunnel. The village has tours set up to allow visitors to experience traditional Icelandic life firsthand. This includes going out on original fishing boats or visiting the fish factory in town. Amenities include a geothermal swimming pool, campsite, hotel and a restaurant. The church was built in 1937. Climate References External linksFisherman Hotel Sudureyri Populated places in Westfjords Fishing communities Fishing communities in Iceland
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