Akurey
Sign in to saveright|300px thumb|View of Akurey from Hallgrímskirkja Akurey () is a small, uninhabited island near the coast of Reykjavík. The earliest sources on the island are from 1379 when it belonged to the Víkurkirkja. The city of Reykjavík bought the island in 1969 and has leased it out. In 1978 it was incorporated into the municipality of Reykjavík.
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Reykjavíkurborg
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.115
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- CentralReykjavík&harbour (cropped to Akurey).jpg
- Width
- 0.2
- Length
- 0.78
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- Akurey (Faxaflói)
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- Kollafjörður
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right|300px thumb|View of Akurey from Hallgrímskirkja Akurey () is a small, uninhabited island near the coast of Reykjavík. The earliest sources on the island are from 1379 when it belonged to the Víkurkirkja. The city of Reykjavík bought the island in 1969 and has leased it out. In 1978 it was incorporated into the municipality of Reykjavík.
In 2019, Akurey was declared a protected nature reserve.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akurey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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