Djúpivogur
| Djúpavogshreppur | |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Region |
| Constituency | Northeast Constituency |
| Manager | Gauti Jóhannesson |
| Area | 1,133 km2 |
| Population | 470 |
| Density | 0.41/km2 |
| Municipal number | 7617 |
| Postal code(s) | 765 |
| Website |
djupivogur |
Djúpivogur is a small town and municipality (Djúpavogshreppur) located on a peninsula in eastern Iceland, near the island of Papey and on the fjord Berufjörður.
Climate
| Climate data for Djupivogur | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3 (37) |
3 (37) |
4 (39) |
6 (43) |
10 (50) |
13 (56) |
14 (58) |
14 (57) |
11 (52) |
7 (45) |
4 (40) |
3 (38) |
7.7 (46) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2 (29) |
−2 (28) |
−2 (29) |
−1 (31) |
3 (37) |
6 (42) |
7 (45) |
7 (45) |
5 (41) |
2 (35) |
−1 (31) |
−2 (29) |
1.7 (35.2) |
| Average precipitation cm (inches) | 15 (6) |
11.4 (4.5) |
9.1 (3.6) |
8.4 (3.3) |
7.9 (3.1) |
7.9 (3.1) |
9.1 (3.6) |
9.9 (3.9) |
13 (5.1) |
12.4 (4.9) |
12.2 (4.8) |
14.5 (5.7) |
130.8 (51.6) |
| Source: Weatherbase [1] | |||||||||||||
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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Djupivogur, Iceland". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- ↑ 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. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-6202-6_3.
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Coordinates: 64°39′N 14°17′W / 64.650°N 14.283°W
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