Tag: Flateyri
A crater on Mars named after a town in Iceland
The International Astronomical Union Working Group on the Nomenclature of the Planetary System approved the name Flateyri for a crater on Mars. Flateyri is a town in the Westfjords. Icelandic astronomy expert Sævar Helgi Bragason, editor of the Stjörnufræðivefurinn website and director of the Seltjarnarnes astronomy society, explains that the person who proposed the name…
The first avalanches in Flateyri
There were several avalanches last night and this morning over the city of Flateyri. The largest avalanche descended from Innra-Bæjargil and stopped at the avalanche barriers above the city. Others fell over the Flateyrarvegur road. Heiður Þórisdóttir, an avalanche specialist at the Meteorological Office, confirms that a fairly large avalanche has descended from the Innra-Bæjargil…
What is it like to cross the fjord?
According to Morgunblaðið, there was an annual swimming event in Sæunnarsund in the Westfjords. It commemorates the heroic feat of the Sæunn cow who crossed the Önundarfjörður fjord in 1987. A total of twenty-eight people participated in this event, twenty-three of whom managed to swim from the Valþjófsdalur valley to the city of Flateyri –…
From Iceland – Avalanches close roads in the North, Office warning
Published January 20, 2021 An avalanche on the Tröllaskagi peninsula in northern Iceland closed roads yesterday, but there have been no reports of casualties or damage to settlements. One event has closed several local roads, including Siglufjarðarvegur and Ólafsfjarðarvegur between Dalvík and Ólafsfjörður. More information is on the website Vegagerðin. RÚV reports that there is…
Died victim of an accident in Skötufjörður
Last night, a woman died in an intensive care unit in a serious road accident in the Westfjords. According to the police report from the Western Fjords, the tragically deceased woman is a 30-year-old Polish woman, Kamila Majewska. Kamila’s husband and her child also suffered the accident, they are still in the hospital in Reykjavík…
From Iceland – His suit is scarce and he is selling books by the kilo
Published December 10, 2020 The antique bookstore Eyþór Jóvinsson sells kilo after kilo in his Flateyri store, Indicator reports. He is also seamlessly dressed. Jóvinsson’s store has a mix of literature: from ancient to modern. They also sell souvenirs and small items. Jóvinsson describes the store, which has operated as a bookstore for 100 years,…