Stokkseyri

Stokkseyri
Town
Location of the Municipality of Árborg
Stokkseyri Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 63°50′N 21°03′W / 63.833°N 21.050°W / 63.833; -21.050
Country	Iceland
Constituency[1]	Suðurkjördæmi
Region[2]	Suðurland
County	Árnessýsla
Municipality	Árborg
Population (2011)
• Total	445
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
Website	Official website

Stokkseyri, a small town in Southern Iceland, with a population of around 445 inhabitants.

Overview

Founded around 900 AD by the settler Hásteinn Atlason. It was an important fishing and trading village in previous times, and now it's become more of a tourist attraction.^[3] The town is founded on the Great Þjórsá lava.

The school is Barnaskólinn á Eyrarbakka og Stokkseyri.

The experimental artistic collaboration Jónsi & Alex wrote a song named after the town which appears as track 4 on their album, Riceboy Sleeps.

The Knarraros lighthouse, which is a unique blend of the functionalism and art novueau styles, is located about 5 km (3.1 mi) away.

References

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History of fishing History History of fishing Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture Chasse-marée Cod-fishing in the North Atlantic Fishing in Cornwall Fishery Protection Squadron Fishing stage Garum Harold Innis and the cod fishery Migratory Fishery of Labrador Munster pilchard fishery 1570–1750 Pearling in Western Australia S’Argamassa Roman fish farm Scania Market Scottish east coast fishery Traditional fishing boat Conflicts Bering Sea Arbitration Cod Wars Crab Wars Newlyn riots Oyster Wars Shetland bus Turbot War Disasters and memorials 1959 Escuminac disaster 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster Eyemouth disaster Moray Firth fishing disaster Steveston Fisherman's Memorial Stotfield fishing disaster   Historic fishing villages and communities Fishing villages Akwidaa Algajola Ardglass Bermeo Bethsaida Bolungarvík Cadgwith Catalan Bay Chorkor Ciboure Clovelly Cullercoats Dunmore East Ea Elantxobe Findon Getaria Gilleleje Grip Guéthary Gümüşlük Hondarribia Hovden Huanchaco Kaunolu Village Ladner Lamorna Lekeitio Marsaxlokk Moskenes Mundaka Mutriku Newhaven Nyksund Old Perlican Ondarroa Ona Orio Pasaia Peggys Cove Pittenweem Plentzia Po Toi O Polperro Port Isaac Portavogie Portmahomack Portofino Red Bay Reine Sa Riera St. Abbs Saint-Jean-de-Luz Saint Malo Sayulita Sigri Staithes Steveston Súðavík Suðureyri Tai O Tilting Trinity Udappu Vernazza Walraversijde Zumaia more ... Communities Atlit Yam Bhoi Hạ Long Bay Lofoten Makassan Newfoundland outports Póvoa de Varzim Sørvágur Tlingit Uros Vezo more ... Glossary Index Outline

Coordinates: 63°50′08″N 21°03′02″W / 63.835522°N 21.050491°W / 63.835522; -21.050491