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Djúpivogur

Djúpivogur
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subdivision_name2Northeast Constituency
subdivision_type3Municipality
subdivision_name3Múlaþing
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Djúpivogur () is a small town and former municipality (Djúpavogshreppur ) located on a peninsula in the Austurland region in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður. The municipality was formed by the merger of rural communities Berunes , Buland , and Geithellur on October 1, 1992. The coastline consists of three fjords Berufjörður, Hamarsfjörður , and Álftafjörður. The town of Djúpivogur is located on a peninsula between Berufjörður and Hamarsfjörður.

Approximately 900 m west of the town is a work of art named "Eggin í Gleðivík" (The Eggs of Merry Bay) by Sigurður Guðmundsson. The work is a replica of the eggs of 34 nesting birds in the area, and was installed in the summer of 2009.

Eggin í Gleðivík (Eggs at Merry Bay) sculpture

Djúpivogur is home to Langabúð , one of Iceland's oldest commercial buildings. The south end dates back to 1790, but the building only took on its present appearance when the northern part was constructed in 1850. Langabúð served many purposes, being a warehouse and slaughterhouse. Today, it is home to a café, the heritage museum and an exhibition on the Icelandic sculptor Ríkarður Jónsson, who was native to the village.

Langabúð

In 2020, the municipality of Djúpavogshreppur merged with Borgarfjarðarhreppur, Fljótsdalshérað and Seyðisfjarðarkaupstaður to form the new municipality of Múlaþing.

Climate

Djúpivogur features a cold tundra climate (Köppen: ET). Approximately 5 kilometres west of Djúpivogur lies Teigarhorn , a farm on the shores of Berufjörður, where weather observations began in 1874. It is one of the oldest weather stations in the country and holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Iceland, 30.5 C recorded on June 22, 1939. It is also claimed that Teigarhorn reached 36.0 C in September 1940, but that is not recognized by the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Temperatures above 30 C are very rare in Iceland, and have occurred only 5 times since weather observations first began in Iceland in the 19th century. Teigarhorn features a cold tundra climate (Köppen: ET) because it does not have any month that has a mean temperature above 10 C, but the winter temperatures are mild for a cold tundra climate, and thus closely resembles a mild tundra climate or a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc), the climate generally seen in coastal Iceland. | Jan record high C = 16.6 | Feb record high C = 14.1 | Mar record high C = 16.0 | Apr record high C = 18.2 | May record high C = 24.1 | Jun record high C = 30.5 | Jul record high C = 26.7 | Aug record high C = 23.6 | Sep record high C = 23.1 | Oct record high C = 19.3 | Nov record high C = 17.8 | Dec record high C = 15.0 | Jan record low C = -17.1 | Feb record low C = -18.8 | Mar record low C = -19.3 | Apr record low C = -22.9 | May record low C = -8.7 | Jun record low C = -2.2 | Jul record low C = 0.0 | Aug record low C = 0.4 | Sep record low C = -3.2 | Oct record low C = -9.5 | Nov record low C = -11.5 | Dec record low C = -17.5

History

By the early nineteenth century, Djúpivogur was 'a tiny port with a Danish colonial trading base'. Hans Jonatan, who had been a slave in Copenhagen, escaped there and became one of Iceland's first people of colour.

Culture

Djúpivogur is the first and only Cittaslow town in Iceland. Cittaslow's goals include improving the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace, especially in a city's use of spaces and the flow of life and traffic through them. Cittaslow is part of a cultural trend known as the slow movement.

References

References

  1. "The Eggs of Merry Bay".
  2. "Langabúð".
  3. "Google Maps".
  4. "TEIGARHORN BERUFJORDUR EAST ICELAND – Iceland travel".
  5. Einarsson, Markús. [http://en.vedur.is/media/loftslag/myndasafn/frodleikur/Einarsson.pdf Climate of Iceland] {{Webarchive. link. (24 July 2011 pg 683. Retrieved 29 April 2009.)
  6. link. (29 June 2009 ''[[Iceland Review]]'' 31 July 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.)
  7. "Hæsti hiti á Íslandi – Teigarhorn 22. júní 1939".
  8. "Information about Teigarhorn Weather Station". [[Icelandic Meteorological Office.
  9. "Teigarhorn 1961–1990 Averages". [[Icelandic Meteorological Office.
  10. "Climatological Data for Teigarhorn". [[Icelandic Meteorological Office.
  11. Kristín Loftsdóttir and Gísli Pálsson, 'Black on White: Danish Colonialism, Iceland and the Caribbean', in ''Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena'', ed. by Magdalena Naum and Jonas M. Nordin, Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology Volume, 37 (New York: Springer, 2013), pp. 37--52 (quoting p. 47). {{doi. 10.1007/978-1-4614-6202-6_3
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