Maritime Museum
Maritime Museum is a museum in Árborg, South Iceland which is located on Túngata. Maritime Museum is situated nearby to the museum Húsið, as well as near the church Eyrarbakkakirkja.- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Sjóminjasafnið á Eyrarbakka”
- Address: Túngata 59, 820
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Litla-Hraun.
Litla-Hraun
Prison
Photo: Rutepwiki, Public domain.
Litla-Hraun is the largest prison in Iceland. Located just outside Eyrarbakki, it consists of nine buildings inside a high-security fence. Litla-Hraun was founded on March 8, 1929, as a single building. Litla-Hraun is situated 1¼ km southeast of Maritime Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eyrarbakki and Stokkseyri.
Eyrarbakki
Photo: Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Eyrarbakki is a fishing village on the south coast of Iceland with a population of about 570 people, not including inhabitants of the prison located there. The village is founded on the Great Þjórsá Lava.
Maritime Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Árborg, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.8645° or 63° 51′ 52″ northLongitude
-21.1516° or 21° 9′ 6″ westOpen location code
99MWVR7X+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
node 13536350832OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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