Vigur

Vigur, pictured in September 2009
Vigur windmill, pictured in July 2011

Vigur is the second largest island of the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord in Westfjords, Iceland. The island is around 2 kilometres (6,600 ft) in length and 400 metres (1,300 ft) in width. The island is most noted for its sheep farming, with only a single farm being located on Vigur. In the seventeenth century the farm on Vigur was home to Magnús Jónsson, a wealthy man who collected and commissioned manuscripts.[1] A windmill, built in c. 1840, is also located on the island.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Páll Eggert Ólason, Íslenskar æviskrár: Frá landnámstímum til ársloka 1940, 6 vols (Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka Bókmenntafélag, 1948–76), III (1950): 433–44.
  2. ↑ "Vigur". Nordic Adventure Travel. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

Coordinates: 66°03′18″N 22°49′41″W / 66.055°N 22.828°W / 66.055; -22.828


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