Borg á Mýrum

Borg is a settlement due west of township in Iceland. Its recorded history reaches back to the settlement of Iceland. One of the country's original settlers was Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson, who claimed the area around Borg as his land, built a farm and made his home there.
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Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
  • Type: Residential building
  • Description: human settlement in Iceland
  • Also known as: “Borg”
  • Address: Borg, 310

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Borgarfjarðarbrú.

Bridge
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the second longest bridge in , after Skeiðarárbrú. It spans , linking to Route 1 and connecting it with other parts of the country. is situated 3½ km south of Borg á Mýrum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borgarnes and Hvanneyri.

Photo: OddurBen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in about 75 km north of , with a population of around 2000. It stands by a fjord called Borgarfjörður and is the centre of a vast municipality, Borgarbyggð.

Village
Photo: Philipp Gilbert (Muc), CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small settlement in the municipality of in western . The settlement is an agricultural and church center known for its history of farming. is situated 7 km east of Borg á Mýrum.

Borg á Mýrum

Latitude
64.56154° or 64° 33′ 42″ north
Longitude
-21.91533° or 21° 54′ 55″ west
Open location code
99PWH36M+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 213561149
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­residential
Wiki­data ID
Q648234
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Portuguese—“Borg á Mýrum” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Борг а Мирум”
  • Chinese: “博尔格”
  • Dutch: “Borg”
  • Esperanto: “Borg”
  • French: “Borg”
  • German: “Borg á Mýrum”
  • German: “Borg”
  • Icelandic: “Borg á Mýrum”
  • Icelandic: “Borg”
  • Japanese: “ボルグ (アイスランド)”
  • Japanese: “ボルグ・アー・ミュールム”
  • Latin: “Borga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borg”
  • Polish: “Borg”
  • Portuguese: “Borg á Mýrum”
  • Portuguese: “Borg”

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Highlights include Borgarkirkja and Slökkvistöð.

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