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    Borgarfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpɔrkarˌfjœrðʏr̥] ) is a fjord in the west of Iceland near the town of Borgarnes. Although the waters of Borgarfjörður...
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    Iceland Review. 48 (1): 64–70. Retrieved 2010-06-04. "Music festival in Borgarfjördur Eystri". Iceland Review. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-04. Brynjólfsson...
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    pronunciation: [ˈnɔrðʏrˌauː] , "north river") is a river that runs through the Borgarfjörður region in central west Iceland. It is a tributary of the Hvítá. Its...
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    Stakksfjörður Hafnarfjörður Skerjafjörður Kollafjörður Hvalfjörður Borgarfjörður Haffjörður Breiðafjörður Fjords on northern Snæfellsnes and in Dalasýsla...
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    pronunciation: [ˈpɔrkarˌnɛːs]) is a town located on a peninsula at the shore of Borgarfjörður in Iceland and is the largest town in the Borgarbyggð municipality with...
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    [ˈpɔrkarˌfjarðarˌpruː], "Borgarfjörður bridge") is the second longest bridge in Iceland, after Skeiðarárbrú. It crosses Borgarfjörður, linking Borgarnes to...
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    Hraunfossar (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈr̥œynˌfɔsːar̥] ; in Borgarfjörður, western Iceland) is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over...
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    pronunciation: [ˈs(t)naiːˌfɛlsˌnɛːs] ) is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland. The peninsula has a volcanic origin having the...
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    21.8701833°W / 64.1112833; -21.8701833 (Álfhólsvegur)) Álfaborg in Borgarfjörður Eystri (65°31′19.57″N 13°48′27.76″W / 65.5221028°N 13.8077111°W /...
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    valley of the river Reykjadalsá, called Reykholtsdalur, and is part of Borgarfjörður, Western Region. Reykholt was at one time one of the intellectual centers...
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    Norðurland eystra 94 Drangsnes 69 77 11.6% Kaldrananeshreppur Vestfirðir 95 Borgarfjörður eystri 86 76 11.6% Borgarfjarðarhreppur Austurland 96 Árbæjarhverfi...
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    Doctoral thesis, Durham University. Hróarsson, Björn (1994) Á ferð um landið, Borgarfjörður og Mýrar, Mál og menning ISBN 9979-3-0657-2 (in Icelandic)...
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    Heathenry in the country. Sveinbjörn lived his entire life in West Iceland Borgarfjörður. From 1944 on, he was a sheep farmer while also pursuing literary interests...
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    estate and the former site of a rectory. It is the innermost farm in Borgarfjörður in the west county of Iceland, not far from Reykholt and Reykholtsdalur...
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    of their track "Óveður". Road sign A typical stretch of Route 1, in Borgarfjörður Road conditions are monitored in real time by a system of weather stations...
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  • Nordic Council's Literature Prize. Hjartarson was born in Hvanneyri, Borgarfjörður. He lived in Norway for a long time and studied art at the Art Academy...
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    the second-tallest waterfall in Iceland, Glymur. West is also home to Borgarfjörður, a fjord with volcanic activity such as Deildartunguhver, a powerful...
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    difficulties in finding food, he and his men stayed another year, this time in Borgarfjörður, but they headed back to Norway the following summer. Flóki would return...
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  • International Airport Bridgetown, Barbados UTC−04:00 BGJ BIBF Borgarfjörður Eystri Airport Borgarfjörður Eystri, Iceland UTC±00:00 BGK Big Creek Airport Big Creek...
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  • Me" (The Killers) - Placed third on 09/13/06 Magni Ásgeirsson (from Borgarfjörður Eystri, Iceland) 1. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones)...
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  • Selfoss via Þingvallavatn. That route would allow extensions to Akranes/Borgarfjörður, Rangarvöllur. Surveys were made in the summer at the instigation of...
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    Bjarnafoss [ˈpja-], is a waterfall in Western Iceland on the river Hvítá in Borgarfjörður, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from Reykjavík. Located directly upstream...
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  • town in Saitama, Japan Ok, a shield volcano located in highlands above Borgarfjörður, in the west of Iceland O K, a community in Kentucky, United States...
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    branches into two main bays, both containing a few coves. They are Borgarfjörður to the east and Suðurfirðir to the south. The largest settlement on...
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  • (RVZ)). 1341 - Hekla, eruption number 6. The ash spread west through Borgarfjörður and Akranes. Great death, especially in Rangárvellir (is: Rangárvellir)...
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    flowing north towards Húnaflói. Thus many of the hot springs in the Borgarfjörður region (near the estuary of the Hvítá on the west coast), such as Deildartunguhver...
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    part of the municipality of Múlaþing and situated on the coast of the Borgarfjörður Eystri. Bakkagerði was declared an official trading place in 1894 when...
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    Ísland, A-G, Örn og Örlygur, 1982. Björn Hróarsson: Á ferð um landið, Borgarfjörður og Mýrar, Mál og menning, 1994. ISBN 9979-3-0657-2 "The island". Hotel...
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    Borgarbyggð Municipality View of Borgarnes across Borgarfjörður Coat of arms Location of Borgarbyggð Country Iceland Region Western Region Constituency...
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  • Volcanology Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine - Reykholt, Borgarfjordur, W-Iceland, 12–17 June 2006 Thordarson, T.; Self, S.; Larsen, G.; Rowland...
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