Eyrarbakki

Eyrarbakki is a fishing village on the south coast of with a population of about 570 people, not including inhabitants of the prison located there. The village is founded on the Great Þjórsá Lava.
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  • Type: Village with 623 residents
  • Description: village in South Constituency, Iceland
  • Postal code: 820

Places of Interest

Highlights include Litla-Hraun.

Prison
Photo: Rutepwiki, Public domain.
is the largest prison in . Located just outside Eyrarbakki, it consists of nine buildings inside a high-security fence. was founded on March 8, 1929, as a single building.

Eyrarbakki

Latitude
63.863° or 63° 51′ 47″ north
Longitude
-21.1481° or 21° 8′ 53″ west
Population
623
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IS YBI
Open location code
99MWVV72+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 192291473
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3417528
Wiki­data ID
Q2196757
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Volapük—“Eyrarbakki” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Basque: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Bulgarian: “Ейрарбаки”
  • Cebuano: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Chinese: “埃拉巴基”
  • Czech: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Dutch: “Eyrarbakki”
  • French: “Eyrarbakki”
  • German: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Icelandic: “Eyrarbakka”
  • Icelandic: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Japanese: “エイラルバッキ”
  • Polish: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Portuguese: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Russian: “Эйрарбакки”
  • Spanish: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Swedish: “Eyrarbakki”
  • Volapük: “Eyrarbakki”
  • “Eyrarbakki”

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