Djúpivogur
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Djúpivogur () is a small town and former municipality (Djúpavogshreppur ) located on a peninsula in the Austurland region in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður. The municipality was formed by the merger of rural communities Berunes , Buland , and Geithellur on October 1, 1992. The coastline consists of three fjords Berufjörður, Hamarsfjörður , and Álftafjörður. The town of Djúpivogur is located on a peninsula between Berufjörður and Hamarsfjörður.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Djúpavogshreppur
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- Town and former municipality
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- 1 aerial pano Djúpivogur 2017.jpg
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- 250px
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- Aerial panorama of Djúpivogur
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- Location of Djúpavogshreppur
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- 250px
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- Iceland
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iceland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Eastern Region
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- Constituency
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northeast Constituency
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- Municipality
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- Múlaþing
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- Manager
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Múlaþing
- Population
- 461
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.djupivogur.is
- Image
- Djúpivogur 2023.jpg
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- Culture
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- References
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Djúpivogur () is a small town and former municipality (Djúpavogshreppur ) located on a peninsula in the Austurland region in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður. The municipality was formed by the merger of rural communities Berunes , Buland , and Geithellur on October 1, 1992. The coastline consists of three fjords Berufjörður, Hamarsfjörður , and Álftafjörður. The town of Djúpivogur is located on a peninsula between Berufjörður and Hamarsfjörður.
Approximately 900 m west of the town is a work of art named "Eggin í Gleðivík" (The Eggs of Merry Bay) by Sigurður Guðmundsson. The work is a replica of the eggs of 34 nesting birds in the area, and was installed in the summer of 2009. thumb|250px|Eggin í Gleðivík (Eggs at Merry Bay) sculpture
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Djúpivogur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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