Flateyri has been a trading post since 1792 and temporarily became a major whaling center in the 19th century.
On October 26, 1995, an avalanche hit the village, destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people, which resulted in 20 fatalities. Since then a deflecting dam has been built to protect the village from any further avalanches.
In the 1990s, Flateyri prospered as a fishing village, but after the 2008–2011 financial crisis hit its main fishing companies shut down, and many people left. A German fishing company has set up base in Flateyri and is currently fishing in and just out of Önundarfjörður.
The Essogas station in Flateyri was the subject of a Belgiandocumentary in a series about gas stations around the world. The avalanche 1995 was also a subject of a feature documentary, 66°23 North West (The Day of The Avalanche), which premiered in a Reykjavík cinema on the 15th anniversary of the avalanche in 2010.[1]
A memorial with the names of those that died In the avalanche on 26 October 1995 and in the background Avalanche dam in A form.
On 14 January 2020, two large avalanches hit the avalanche dam above the village. The first avalanche slid down the right side of the dam and to the ocean where it caused a tsunami that hit the harbour and sank 6 of 7 boats located there. The second avalanche slid down the left side of the dam before spilling over it and hitting a house with four occupants. Three of the occupants were able to escape the house through a window, while the fourth one was rescued from the snow around 30 minutes later by ICE-SAR members.[4][5][6]
Referencesedit
^"The Night We Never Forget". Iceland Review. Retrieved 2016-07-03.
^Halla Ólafsdóttir (20 September 2018). "Fyrsti dagurinn í Lýðháskólanum á Flateyri". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^Hólmfríður Dagný Friðjónsdóttir (5 February 2018). "Vilja opna lýðháskóla á Flateyri næsta haust". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
^Birta Björnsdóttir (15 January 2020). "Three avalanches - Emergency phase declared". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^Jóhann K. Jóhannsson; Kristín Ólafsdóttir; Tryggvi Páll Tryggvason (15 January 2020). "Talsvert eignatjón en engin alvarleg slys á fólki eftir þrjú „mjög stór" snjóflóð á Vestfjörðum". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^Freyr Rögnvaldsson (15 January 2020). "Tíu fullorðnir karlmenn grétu á sama tíma". Stundin (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 January 2020.
External linksedit
Aerial photographs of Flateyri 2009-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
flateyri, icelandic, ˈflaːtˌeiːrɪ, village, situated, iceland, westfjords, part, municipality, Ísafjarðarbær, population, approximately, making, largest, settlement, önundarfjörður, villagelocation, municipality, Ísafjarðarbærcoordinates, 517country, icelandco. Flateyri Icelandic ˈflaːtˌeiːrɪ is a village situated in Iceland s Westfjords It is part of the municipality of Isafjardarbaer and has a population of approximately 200 making it the largest settlement in Onundarfjordur FlateyriVillageLocation of the municipality of IsafjardarbaerFlateyriCoordinates 66 03 N 23 31 W 66 050 N 23 517 W 66 050 23 517Country IcelandConstituencyNorthwest ConstituencyRegionWestfjordsMunicipalityIsafjardarbaerPopulation 1 January 2020 Village267 Urban208 Metro59Time zoneUTC 0 GMT Postnumer425 426History editFlateyri has been a trading post since 1792 and temporarily became a major whaling center in the 19th century On October 26 1995 an avalanche hit the village destroying 29 homes and burying 45 people which resulted in 20 fatalities Since then a deflecting dam has been built to protect the village from any further avalanches In the 1990s Flateyri prospered as a fishing village but after the 2008 2011 financial crisis hit its main fishing companies shut down and many people left A German fishing company has set up base in Flateyri and is currently fishing in and just out of Onundarfjordur The Esso gas station in Flateyri was the subject of a Belgian documentary in a series about gas stations around the world The avalanche 1995 was also a subject of a feature documentary 66 23 North West The Day of The Avalanche which premiered in a Reykjavik cinema on the 15th anniversary of the avalanche in 2010 1 nbsp A memorial with the names of those that died In the avalanche on 26 October 1995 and in the background Avalanche dam in A form In September 2018 Flateyri Folk High School a folk high school opened 2 the second of its kind in Iceland 3 On 14 January 2020 two large avalanches hit the avalanche dam above the village The first avalanche slid down the right side of the dam and to the ocean where it caused a tsunami that hit the harbour and sank 6 of 7 boats located there The second avalanche slid down the left side of the dam before spilling over it and hitting a house with four occupants Three of the occupants were able to escape the house through a window while the fourth one was rescued from the snow around 30 minutes later by ICE SAR members 4 5 6 References edit The Night We Never Forget Iceland Review Retrieved 2016 07 03 Halla olafsdottir 20 September 2018 Fyrsti dagurinn i Lydhaskolanum a Flateyri RUV in Icelandic Retrieved 27 December 2019 Holmfridur Dagny Fridjonsdottir 5 February 2018 Vilja opna lydhaskola a Flateyri naesta haust RUV in Icelandic Retrieved 27 December 2019 Birta Bjornsdottir 15 January 2020 Three avalanches Emergency phase declared RUV in Icelandic Retrieved 15 January 2020 Johann K Johannsson Kristin olafsdottir Tryggvi Pall Tryggvason 15 January 2020 Talsvert eignatjon en engin alvarleg slys a folki eftir thrju mjog stor snjoflod a Vestfjordum Visir is in Icelandic Retrieved 15 January 2020 Freyr Rognvaldsson 15 January 2020 Tiu fullordnir karlmenn gretu a sama tima Stundin in Icelandic Retrieved 15 January 2020 External links editAerial photographs of Flateyri Archived 2009 03 10 at the Wayback Machine 66 03 N 23 31 W 66 050 N 23 517 W 66 050 23 517 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flateyri amp oldid 1216161305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
