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Djúpavík
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Djúpavík () is a small village in the North-West of Iceland. It is located at the head of Reykjarfjörður on the Strandir coast in the Westfjords region (Vestfirðir), in the municipality of Árneshreppur.
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- History of settlement
- Before 1917
- 1917–1934
- 1934–1983
- 1984–present
- Life in Djúpavík
- 1935–1954
- 1985–present
- Restoration of buildings
- Notable visitors
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Djúpavík () is a small village in the North-West of Iceland. It is located at the head of Reykjarfjörður on the Strandir coast in the Westfjords region (Vestfirðir), in the municipality of Árneshreppur.
It is approximately 70 km away from Hólmavík (the nearest settlement of any account), 280 km from Ísafjörður and 340 km from the country's capital Reykjavík. At present it only consists of seven houses, a hotel and the ruins of a herring factory. It can be reached by car via road 643 or by plane via the nearby Gjögur Airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Djúpavík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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