Látrabjarg
Látrabjarg is a headland on the Vestfirðir peninsula (German: Westfjords ) in Iceland .
location
The cliff Látrabjarg lies in the far west of the sparsely populated Vestfirðir. Cape Bjargtangar is the westernmost point of Iceland and therefore - apart from a few smaller islands - the westernmost point of Europe . Látrabjarg is about 14 km long.
In the south, in good weather, you can see Snæfellsjökull, about 85 km away . Látrabjarg is considered to be one of the largest bird rocks in the world. Millions of seabirds live in the up to 450 m high cliffs , especially puffins , guillemots and razorbills . The birds' eggs served the Icelanders as food and were collected by rappelling . A narrow gravel road leads from Breiðavík to the mostly deserted cape, where there is a weather station and a beacon .
Icelanders rescued the crew of an English fish liner near Látrabjarg in the winter of 1947 . When this feat was to be filmed , another ship accident provided the real backdrop under the same conditions. The impressive film is available in Iceland. It was also shown by the DGzRS .
photos
Signpost to the end of Europe
The cliff
Látrabjarg cliff with weather station and beacon
Sea birds on Látrabjarg
Puffin at Látrabjarg
Web links
Coordinates: 65 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 24 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ W.