Bifröst (town) explained

Bifröst
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Iceland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bifröst in Iceland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Iceland
Subdivision Type1:Constituency
Subdivision Name1:Northwest Constituency
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Western Region
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Borgarbyggð
Population As Of:2014
Population Total:251
Timezone:GMT
Utc Offset:+0
Coordinates:64.7333°N -43°W

Bifröst (in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈpɪvˌrœst/) is a small settlement in western Iceland, in the Mýrasýsla county.

It is located in the Northwest Political constituency and is the site of Bifröst University, a small private campus university.[1] In the town of Bifröst there is a convenience store called Samkaup strax, a coffee house, a kindergarten and a gym among other things.[2]

Grábrókarhraun

Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000-year-old ʻaʻā lava (or apalhraun) field, Grábrókarhraun in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈkrauːˌprouːkar̥ˌr̥œyːn/, which has been overgrown with moss and heather. It is part of the around 90 km long volcanic system of Ljósufjöll. Just behind the university campus are some craters which produced the lava field, the biggest one is called Grábrók (Stóra Grábrók in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈstouːra ˈkrauːˌprouːk/) and the one beside it Grábrókarfell in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈkrauːˌprouːkarˌfɛtl̥/.[3]

References

64.7623°N -21.5547°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bifrost.is/english/ Bifröst University
  2. Web site: Háskólinn á Bifröst - Þjónusta í þorpinu . 2010-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100119210415/http://bifrost.is/islenska/haskolathorpid/thjonusta-i-thorpinu/ . 2010-01-19 .
  3. Web site: Háskólinn á Bifröst - Forsíða . 2010-01-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719011208/http://www.bifrost.is/islenska/haskolathorpid/umhverfi-og-utivist/gonguleidir/ . 2011-07-19 .