Brúará
Brúará | ||
Ford point at the waterfall |
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Data | ||
location | Southurland ( Iceland ) | |
River system | Ölfusá | |
Drain over | Hvítá → Ölfusá → Atlantic | |
source | Rótasandur | |
muzzle | in the Hvítá coordinates: 64 ° 4 ′ 34 ″ N , 20 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W 64 ° 4 ′ 34 ″ N , 20 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.
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Brúará near Miðhúsaskógur |
The Brúará ( dt. "Bridge River ") is a 38 km long river in the region of Suðurland in southern Iceland.
River course
The Brúará rises in Rótasandur east of the Högnhöfði mountain and flows south through the 3 to 4 km long Brúararskörð gorge. After the Brúarfoss waterfall , the river reaches the Miðfoss and Hlauptungufoss waterfalls . The small river Fullsæll flows into the Brúará, before it flows further south past Skálholt and Mosfell east of the Apavatn , with which it is connected via the Hagaós river. It finally flows into the Hvítá , a little northeast of Sólheimar , at the point where it flows past the Vörðufell tabular volcano .
History and legends
Jón Gerreksson , a bishop of Skálholt, was reportedly drowned in the river in 1433.
Near the Brúarfoss, about 3 km north of today's bridge, there is said to have been a natural stone arch over the river, which gave the Brúará its name. In 1602, according to a legend, on the orders of the Skálholt estate manager, the arch was destroyed to cut off the path to the village for beggars. A little later, the land manager is said to have drowned himself in the Brúará.
traffic
The Laugarvatnsvegur crossed from Laugarvatn coming that Brúará and leads to the Great Geysir .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kortasjá Landmælinga Íslands
- ↑ Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: Iceland. 3rd updated and revised edition. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-89953-115-9 , pp. 287f.
Web links
- nat.is (Icelandic)
- birdlife.org: Brúará