Bifröst (town)
Bifröst | |
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Village | |
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 Location of the Municipality of Borgarbyggð | |
  Bifröst Location of Bifröst in Iceland | |
| Coordinates: 64°44′N 21°22′W / 64.733°N 21.367°W | |
| Country |  Iceland |
| Constituency[1] | Northwest Constituency |
| Region[2] | Western Region |
| Municipality | Borgarbyggð |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 251 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Bifröst is a small settlement in western Iceland, in the Mýrasýsla county.
It is located in the Northwest Political constituency and is the site of Bifröst University, a small private campus university.[3] In the town of Bifröst there is a convenience store called Samkaup strax, a coffee house, a kindergarten and a gym among other things.[4]
Grábrókarhraun
Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000-year-old Aalava field, Grábrókarhraun, which has been overgrown with moss and heather. It is part of the around 90 km long volcanic system of Ljósufjöll. 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.[5]
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Heath and forest land south of Bifröst -
Panorama of Grábrókarhraun at dawn, November 2007 -
Grábrók and Grábrókarfell
References
- ^ Political division
- ^ Mainly statistical division
- ^ http://www.bifrost.is/english/ Bifröst University
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
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64°45′44″N 21°33′17″W / 64.7623°N 21.5547°W
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