Eskifjörður

Eskifjörður
Town
Eskifjörður with cruise ship Prinsendam at its wharf, 2017

Location of the Municipality of Fjarðabyggð
Eskifjörður
Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 65°04′17.48″N 14°00′55.4″W / 65.0715222°N 14.015389°W / 65.0715222; -14.015389
Country  Iceland
Constituency[1] Northeast Constituency
Region[2] Eastern Region
Municipality Fjarðabyggð
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,043
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
Website Official website

Eskifjörður (in original Icelandic spelling), or also Eskifjördur, is a town and port in eastern Iceland with a large fishing industry. It has a population of 1,043 and constitutes one of the most populated small town part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.

History

Eskifjörður joined Neskaupstaður and Reyðarfjörður in 1998 to form the new municipality of Fjarðabyggð ("fjords-settlement").

Geography

The other villages composing the municipality are: Fáskrúðsfjörður (662 inh.), Mjóifjörður (35 inh.), Neskaupstaður (1,437 inh.),[3] Reyðarfjörður (1,102 inh.) and Stöðvarfjörður (203 inh.).[4]

Main sights

A sculpture by Ragnar Kjartansson is located along the main road in Eskifjördur, commemorating the mariners who drowned at sea.[5]

The Maritime Museum of East Iceland is in an 1816 building and its artefacts illustrate the fishing and seafaring of East Iceland.[6]

Eskifjörður has one of the most beautiful rare stone collections in Iceland, with thousands of polished, cut and original stones from all over the island, privately owned but visitable.[7]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ Political division
  2. ↑ Mainly statistical division
  3. ↑ Located in the Reyðarfjörður
  4. ↑ (in Icelandic) Infos on Fjarðabyggð municipal website Archived 2011-03-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Becker, Kathleen (1 May 2009). Iceland. Baedeker. p. 162. ISBN 978-3-8297-6616-6. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Maritime Museum". Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  7. ↑ "Rare Stone Collection". Visit Eskifjörður. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

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Coordinates: 65°04′17.48″N 14°00′55.4″W / 65.0715222°N 14.015389°W / 65.0715222; -14.015389

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