Bifröst () is a small settlement in western
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
, in the Mýrasýsla county.
It is located in the Northwest
political constituency and is the site of
Bifröst University
Bifröst University () is a private university located in the valley of Norðurárdalur, approximately 30 kilometers north of Borgarnes, Iceland. Originally a business school, it also offers degrees in law and social sciences, at both bachelor ...
, a small private campus university. In the town of Bifröst there is a convenience store called Samkaup strax, a coffee house, a kindergarten and a gym among other things.
Grábrókarhraun
Bifröst is surrounded by a 3,000-year-old ʻaʻā
lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a Natural satellite, moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a Fissure vent, fractu ...
(or ''
apalhraun'') field, Grábrókarhraun , which has been overgrown with
moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular plant, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic phylum, division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryo ...
and
heather. It is part of the around 90 km long volcanic system of
Ljósufjöll
Ljósufjöll () is a fissure vent system and central volcano on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. The name derives from the central volcano and translates into English as "Mountains of the Light".
Geography
The volcanic system has a lengt ...
. Just behind the university campus are some craters which produced the lava field, the biggest one is called Grábrók (Stóra Grábrók ) and the one beside it Grábrókarfell .
References
Populated places in Western Region (Iceland)
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