Borg
Borg is a farm in Eyjafjarðarsveit, Northeast. Borg is situated nearby to the village Hrafnagil, as well as near the locality Munkaþverá.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
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Hrafnagil
Village
Photo: Bjarki Sigursveinsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hrafnagil is a small village in Eyjafjarðarsveit, northern Iceland, which in 2016 had 260 inhabitants. The village has a school and a community center. The area has access to high-temperature geothermal heat, which is used to heat houses and greenhouses. Hrafnagil is situated 4 km southwest of Borg.
Munkaþverá
Locality
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Munkaþverá was a Benedictine monastery in Eyjafjörður, Iceland. It was established around 1155 and was abolished when the country became Protestant in 1550. Munkaþverá is situated 6 km south of Borg.
Akureyri
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Akureyri, with a population of around 19,000, is the largest town in Iceland outside the Southwest region, and the unofficial capital of North Iceland.
Borg
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Eyjafjarðarsveit, Northeast, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.59808° or 65° 35′ 53″ northLongitude
-18.03392° or 18° 2′ 2″ westOpen location code
9CQ3HXX8+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 674226555OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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