Búri

The Búri cave is a lava tube located in southwestern 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.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thorlakshofn.

Town
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
Þorlákshöfn is a town on the southern coast of in the Municipality of . The town is named after Saint Thorlak who was a bishop at . is situated 8 km southeast of Búri.

Búri

Latitude
63.91421° or 63° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
-21.48428° or 21° 29′ 3″ west
Open location code
99MWWG78+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 280034975
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q15109960
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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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