| Aðalvík | |
|---|---|
 A view of Aðalvík taken from above Sæból. | |
  Aðalvík | |
| Location | Hornstrandir, Iceland |
| Coordinates | 66°22′44″N 23°07′08″W / 66.379°N 23.119°W |
Aðalvík is a bay located in the southwest part of Hornstrandir on Iceland. The bay splits into three main locations, the former fishing villages of Látrar (120 inhabitants in 1920) and Sæból (80 inhabitants in 1900) and Miðvík. All of the settlements were abandoned in the middle of the 20th century. The last inhabitants moved from Látrum and Sæból in October 1952.[1][2][3] In Sæból and on the mountain above it, named Darri, the British occupation force built a military base during World War II, which remains can still be seen, including remains of anti-aircraft guns, buildings, roads and railway tracks. In Látrar and on Straumnesfjall, the United States Air Force built a radar station named Straumnes Air Station. An airstrip was also built just outside the village. Jakobína Sigurðardóttir wrote the poem Hugsað til Hornstranda to protest the military activity there.[4]
References
- ↑ "Aðalvíkingar skildu með söknuði við æskustöðvarnar; komu til Reykjavíkur í fyrrakvöld". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 15 October 1952. p. 1–2. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via Tímarit.is.
- ↑ Arngrímur Friðrik Bjarnason (18 March 1945). "Aðalvík". Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. pp. 156–157, 159. Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
- ↑ Elísabet Jökulsdóttir (19 December 1989). "Dansað við yzta haf". Lesbók Morgunblaðsins (in Icelandic). Morgunblaðið. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.
- ↑ G. Margrét Óskarsdóttir (30 July 1983). "Feigum villtu sýn". Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). p. 11. Retrieved 5 December 2023 – via Tímarit.is.