Búri
The Búri cave is a lava tube located in southwestern Iceland and was discovered in 1992, by the volcanologist Guðmundur Þorsteinsson. The cave was closed in 2014 by the owners of the land in cooperation with the Icelandic Speleological Society.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorlakshofn.
Thorlakshofn
Town
Þorlákshöfn is a town on the southern coast of Iceland in the Municipality of Ölfus. The town is named after Saint Thorlak who was a bishop at Skálholt. Thorlakshofn is situated 8 km southeast of Búri.
Búri
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave
- Categories: lava tube and landform
- Location: Ölfus, South Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.91421° or 63° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
-21.48428° or 21° 29′ 3″ west
Open location code
99MWWG78+M7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Icelandic—“Búri” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف بوري”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برى”
- German: “Búri”
- Icelandic: “Búri”
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