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Hornbjargs lighthouse

Hornbjarg lighthouse was built in 1930 in Látravík, east of Hornbjarg. The lighthouse is 10.2 m high. The designer is engineer Benedikt Jónasson. It was lit with gas lamps until the 1960s, but then it was electrically lit with energy from a small hydroelectric station and light engines. In 1995, it was electrified with solar and wind energy and an automatic weather observatory was installed.

Hornbjargs lighthouse

Hornbjarg lighthouse was built in 1930 in Látravík, east of Hornbjarg. The lighthouse is 10.2 m high. The designer is engineer Benedikt Jónasson. It w
Latravik (Hornbjarg)

Latravik (Hornbjarg)

Látravík is a small creek in the south east of Hornbjarg. In the creek lays Hornbjargsviti, or the lighthouse of Hornbjarg which used to be a manned w
Hornstrandir

Hornstrandir

This territory of the Arctic fox has been uninhabited since the 1950s. As isolated as it was then, it attracts the casual half-day visitors and seriou
Hornvik

Hornvik

Hornvik is surrounded by the cliffs of Hornbjarg to the east and Haelavikurbjarg to the west. West side of Haelavikurbjarg is Hælavík cove. 

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Hornbjargsviti- Ferðafélag Íslands Látravík á Ströndum 401 Ísafjörður 568-2533