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Húsavík

 
Place Names: Húsavík
  • Location: Iceland
'Bay of the Houses' from vík 'bay'. According to tradition, it is so named because a Swedish adventurer was blown off course and made a landfall here in 864. He ventured no further, building a dwelling here.

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