Bifröst () is a small settlement in western

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

, in the Mýrasýsla county. It is located in the Northwest Political constituency and is the site of

Bifröst University Bifröst University () is located in the valley of Norðurárdalur, approximately 30 kilometers north of Borgarnes, Iceland. Originally a business school, it also offers degrees in law and social sciences, at both bachelor's and master's level, ...

, a small private campus university. In the town of Bifröst there is a convenience store called Samkaup strax, a coffee house, a kindergarten and a gym among other things.

Grábrókarhraun

Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000-year-old ʻaʻā

lava Lava is molten or partially molten rock ( magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or ...

(or '' apalhraun'') field, Grábrókarhraun , which has been overgrown with

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta ('' sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and ...

and

heather Heather may refer to: Plants *The heather family, or Ericaceae, particularly: **Common heather or ling, '' Calluna'' **Various species of the genus '' Cassiope'' **Various species of the genus '' Erica'' Name * Heather (given name) * Heather ...

. It is part of the around 90 km long volcanic system of

Ljósufjöll Ljósufjöll () is a fissure vent system and central volcano on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. The system has a length of about 90 km. The volcanic system contains cinder cones and is the only system on the peninsula that has erupted ...

. Just behind the university campus are some craters which produced the lava field, the biggest one is called Grábrók (Stóra Grábrók ) and the one beside it Grábrókarfell . Heading toward Bifröst, east of Varmaland, November 21 09-50.jpg, Heath and forest land south of Bifröst Panorama of Grábrókarhraun.jpg, Panorama of Grábrókarhraun at dawn, November 2007 Gbrok.JPG, Grábrók and Grábrókarfell

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Populated places in Western Region (Iceland) {{iceland-geo-stub