Látrabjarg

Látrabjarg is a promontory of the Westfjords peninsula ( German: Westfjords ) in Iceland.

Location

The cliff Látrabjarg located in the extreme west of the sparsely populated Vestfirðir. The Cape Bjargtangar is the westernmost point of Iceland and thus - apart from some smaller islands - the most westerly point of Europe. Látrabjarg is about 14 km long.

To the south can be seen in good weather of about 85 km away Snæfellsjökul. Látrabjarg is considered one of the largest seabird colonies in the world. In the up to 450 m high cliffs million seabirds, especially puffins, guillemots and razorbills live. The bird's eggs were used by the Icelanders as food and were collected by abseiling. From Breiðavík a narrow gravel road leads to the mostly deserted Cape, on the stand, a weather station and a beacon.

In Látrabjarg Icelanders saved in the winter of 1947 the crew of a British trawler. When this feat was to be filmed, was a renewed ship accident the real scenery, under the same conditions. The impressive film is to get in Iceland.

Pictures

The cliff

Cliff Látrabjarg with weather station and beacon

Seabirds at Látrabjarg