Vigur
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Vigur, pictured in September 2009 thumb|Vigur windmill, pictured in July 2011 Vigur () is the second largest island of the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord in Westfjords, Iceland. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, the island is around in length and in width. The island is most noted for its thriving seabird colonies (particularly Atlantic puffins), traditional eiderdown production, and historical buildings.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Vigur is referenced by 47 other articles, and connects out to Iceland, time zone and Icelandic.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Islands of Iceland.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Ísafjarðardjúp
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Iceland
- Area
- 0.59
- Body of water
- Ísafjarðardjúp
- Image
- Island Vigur.jpg
- Width
- 0.4
- Length
- 2.0
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- Vigur (Ísafjarðardjúp)
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thumb|250px|Vigur, pictured in September 2009 thumb|Vigur windmill, pictured in July 2011 Vigur () is the second largest island of the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord in Westfjords, Iceland. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, the island is around in length and in width. The island is most noted for its thriving seabird colonies (particularly Atlantic puffins), traditional eiderdown production, and historical buildings.
The two-story Viktoriuhús, built in 1860, is one of the oldest timber buildings in Iceland and is part of the Historical Buildings Collection of the Þjóðminjasafn Íslands. Iceland's oldest seaworthy boat, Vigurbreiður, is also on Vigur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vigur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations