Hjörsey
Sign in to saveHjörsey () is the largest island in western Iceland and the third largest in Iceland. It was part of the traditional county of Mýrasýsla; there used to be a church on Hjörsey, but it was taken apart in 1896. The island was also formerly home to a farm. While there is no human population on the island, a herd of wild horses is able to roam the island freely.
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It sits within the topics Geography articles needing translation from Icelandic Wikipedia, Islands of Iceland and Uninhabited islands of Iceland.
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Key facts
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- 5.5
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- 10.98
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Iceland
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 5.5
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Hjörsey.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Hjörsey () is the largest island in western Iceland and the third largest in Iceland. It was part of the traditional county of Mýrasýsla; there used to be a church on Hjörsey, but it was taken apart in 1896. The island was also formerly home to a farm. While there is no human population on the island, a herd of wild horses is able to roam the island freely.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hjörsey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations