Hesteyri Whaling-Station Ruins

Historic remains connected with the former whaling industry around Hesteyri and the wider Hornstrandir area.

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About Hesteyri Whaling-Station Ruins

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FIRST-HAND ADVICE

✓Combine with a wider visit to Hesteyri.

✓Do not climb on or enter unstable ruins.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

Access requires boat travel and walking. Treat ruins as historic structures rather than developed visitor facilities.

Hornstrandir & Jökulfirðir

The surviving remains of the former community at Hesteyri, abandoned as permanent settlement disappeared from Hornstrandir.

Hornstrandir & Jökulfirðir

One of Hornstrandir’s best-known former settlements and a popular gateway into the reserve.

Hornstrandir & Jökulfirðir

A broad and beautiful bay in western Hornstrandir containing the former settlements of Látrar and Sæból.

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