Borg á Mýrum
Borg is a settlement due west of Borgarnes 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.- Type: Residential building
- Description: human settlement in Iceland
- Also known as: “Borg” and “ボルグ・アー・ミュールム”
- Address: Borg, 310
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Borgarfjarðarbrú.
Borgarfjarðarbrú
Bridge
Borgarfjarðarbrú is the second longest bridge in Iceland, after Skeiðarárbrú. Borgarfjarðarbrú is situated 3½ km south of Borg á Mýrum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borgarnes and Hvanneyri.
Hvanneyri
Village
Hvanneyri is a small settlement in the municipality of Borgarbyggð in western Iceland. Hvanneyri is situated 7 km east of Borg á Mýrum.
Borg á Mýrum
- Category: building
- Location: Borgarbyggð, West Iceland, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.56154° or 64° 33′ 42″ north
Longitude
-21.91533° or 21° 54′ 55″ west
Open location code
99PWH36M+JV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=residential
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Japanese: “ボルグ (アイスランド)”
- Latin: “Borga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borg”
- Polish: “Borg”
- Portuguese: “Borg á Mýrum”
- Portuguese: “Borg”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Borgarkirkja and Slökkvistöð.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Sonatorrek and Borg á Mýrum.
West Iceland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Borgarnes and Stykkishólmur.
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