Hrappsey
| Hrappsey | ||
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| Waters | Breiðafjörður | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 7 ′ N , 22 ° 36 ′ W | |
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| surface | 1.7 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Hrappsey is an island in Breiðafjörður in western Iceland .
It is located about 7 km northeast of Stykkishólmur at the entrance to Hvammsfjörður . From 1773 there was Hrappseyjarprentsmiðja , the second printing company in Iceland. The first, in Hólar , belonged to the bishopric there. The island was inhabited until 1958 and was then given to the Háskóli Íslands . Hrappsey is now privately owned.