Hafnir

Hafnir
Hafnir
Town
	Hafnir
	Location of the Municipality of Reykjanesbaer
	Hafnir Location in Iceland
	Coordinates: 63°56′N 22°41′W / 63.933°N 22.683°WCoordinates: 63°56′N 22°41′W / 63.933°N 22.683°W
Country	Iceland
Constituency	South Constituency
Region	Southern Peninsula
Municipality	Reykjanesbær
Population (2011)
• Total	109
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
Website	Official website

Hafnir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhapnɪr̥]) is a village in southwestern Iceland.

It is situated in the Reykjanes peninsula and has 109 inhabitants (as of 2011). In 1995 it merged with Njarðvík and Keflavík to form a municipality called Reykjanesbær with a population of 13,971 (January 2011).

A cabin in Hafnir abandoned between 770 and 880 provides the earliest known archaeological evidence of settlement in Iceland.^[2]

In 1881, the American ship Jamestown ran aground off Hafnir with no one aboard. Its cargo of timber was salvaged and sold off. The ship's anchor is on display outside the village church.

References[]

^ Formerly named Reykjanes
^ "New View on the Origin of First Settlers in Iceland". Iceland Review Online. 4 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

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[1] Formerly named Reykjanes

[2] "New View on the Origin of First Settlers in Iceland". Iceland Review Online. 4 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

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