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]
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]