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class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">færa í hliðarstiku</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">fela</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">Byrjun</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Eyjarnar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eyjarnar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Eyjarnar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eyjarnar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Saga_eyjanna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Saga_eyjanna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Saga eyjanna</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Saga_eyjanna-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Sýna/fela Saga eyjanna undirkafla</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Saga_eyjanna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Sagnir_um_nafngift_og_landnám" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sagnir_um_nafngift_og_landnám"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Sagnir um nafngift og landnám</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sagnir_um_nafngift_og_landnám-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kirkjuvaldið" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kirkjuvaldið"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Kirkjuvaldið</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kirkjuvaldið-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Náttúra" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Náttúra"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Náttúra</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Náttúra-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Sýna/fela Náttúra undirkafla</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Náttúra-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Jarðfræði" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jarðfræði"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Jarðfræði</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jarðfræði-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Surtsey" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Surtsey"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Surtsey</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Surtsey-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Heimaeyjargosið" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Heimaeyjargosið"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Heimaeyjargosið</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Heimaeyjargosið-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Veðurfar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Veðurfar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Veðurfar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Veðurfar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lífríki" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lífríki"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Lífríki</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lífríki-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Atvinna,_menntun_og_menning" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Atvinna,_menntun_og_menning"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Atvinna, menntun og menning</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Atvinna,_menntun_og_menning-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Sýna/fela Atvinna, menntun og menning undirkafla</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Atvinna,_menntun_og_menning-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Orðaforði_og_málfar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Orðaforði_og_málfar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Orðaforði og málfar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Orðaforði_og_málfar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Þekktir_Vestmannaeyingar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Þekktir_Vestmannaeyingar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Þekktir Vestmannaeyingar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Þekktir_Vestmannaeyingar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Þjóðhátíð" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Þjóðhátíð"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Þjóðhátíð</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Þjóðhátíð-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ginklofinn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ginklofinn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Ginklofinn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ginklofinn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Samgöngur" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Samgöngur"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Samgöngur</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Samgöngur-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tilvísanir" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tilvísanir"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Tilvísanir</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tilvísanir-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tenglar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tenglar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Tenglar</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Tenglar-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Sýna/fela Tenglar undirkafla</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Tenglar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Vísindavefurinn" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vísindavefurinn"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Vísindavefurinn</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vísindavefurinn-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Efni" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Sýna/fela efnisyfirlit" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Sýna/fela efnisyfirlit</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Vestmannaeyjar</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Fara á grein á öðru tungumáli. Til staðar á 56 tungumálum" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-56" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">56 tungumál</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – afríkanska" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="afríkanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86" title="يستمان – arabíska" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="يستمان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="arabíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8D%D1%8F%D1%80" title="Вэстманаэяр – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вэстманаэяр" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C" title="ভেস্টমান্না দ্বীপপুঞ্জ – bengalska" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভেস্টমান্না দ্বীপপুঞ্জ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="bengalska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – katalónska" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="katalónska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar_(lungsod)" title="Vestmannaeyjar (lungsod) – kebúanó" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="kebúanó" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – tékkneska" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="tékkneska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – velska" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="velska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – danska" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="danska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – þýska" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="þýska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%81" title="Βέστμανεγιαρ – gríska" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βέστμανεγιαρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="gríska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – enska" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="enska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – esperantó" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="esperantó" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Vestman" title="Islas Vestman – spænska" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas Vestman" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spænska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – eistneska" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="eistneska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – baskneska" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="baskneska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86" title="جزایر وستمن – persneska" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر وستمن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persneska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannasaaret" title="Vestmannasaaret – finnska" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Vestmannasaaret" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="finnska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaoyggjarnar" title="Vestmannaoyggjarnar – færeyska" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Vestmannaoyggjarnar" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="færeyska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Vestmann" title="Îles Vestmann – franska" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles Vestmann" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="franska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – írska" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="írska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%90%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A8" title="וסטמאנאאיאר – hebreska" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="וסטמאנאאיאר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="hebreska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – króatíska" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="króatíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – ungverska" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="ungverska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – indónesíska" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="indónesíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – interlingve" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="interlingve" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – ídó" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="ídó" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – ítalska" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="ítalska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="ヴェストマン諸島 – japanska" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヴェストマン諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="japanska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A7%8C%EB%82%98%EC%97%90%EC%9D%B4%EC%95%BC%EB%A5%B4_%EC%A0%9C%EB%8F%84" title="베스트만나에이야르 제도 – kóreska" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베스트만나에이야르 제도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="kóreska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannorum_Insulae" title="Vestmannorum Insulae – latína" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vestmannorum Insulae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="latína" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – lúxemborgíska" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="lúxemborgíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmanaejaras" title="Vestmanaejaras – litháíska" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vestmanaejaras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="litháíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Вестмански Острови – makedónska" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Вестмански Острови" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="makedónska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – malaíska" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="malaíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – hollenska" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="hollenska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – nýnorska" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="nýnorska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – norskt bókmál" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="norskt bókmál" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%8F%D1%80" title="Вестманнаэйяр – ossetíska" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Вестманнаэйяр" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="ossetíska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar_(wyspy)" title="Vestmannaeyjar (wyspy) – pólska" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar (wyspy)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="pólska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – portúgalska" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="portúgalska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – kvesjúa" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="kvesjúa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – rúmenska" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Română" 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Adaları – tyrkneska" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Vestmann Adaları" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="tyrkneska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Вестманнові острови – úkraínska" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вестманнові острови" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="úkraínska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestmannaeyjar" title="Vestmannaeyjar – víetnamska" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Vestmannaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="víetnamska" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li 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20.28333°V</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">63.43333; -20.28333</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Listi_yfir_fullvalda_r%C3%ADki" title="Listi yfir fullvalda ríki">Land</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dsland" title="Ísland">Ísland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Kj%C3%B6rd%C3%A6mi_%C3%8Dslands" title="Kjördæmi Íslands">Kjördæmi</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Su%C3%B0urkj%C3%B6rd%C3%A6mi" title="Suðurkjördæmi">Suðurkjördæmi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%A9ttb%C3%BDliskjarnar_%C3%A1_%C3%8Dslandi" title="Þéttbýliskjarnar á Íslandi">Þéttbýliskjarnar</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vestmannaeyjabær</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Stjórnarfar<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A6jarstj%C3%B3ri" title="Bæjarstjóri">Bæjarstjóri</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Íris Róbertsdóttir</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Flatarmál<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Samtals</th><td class="infobox-data">16 km<sup>2</sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Sæti</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dslensk_sveitarf%C3%A9l%C3%B6g_eftir_flatarm%C3%A1li" title="Íslensk sveitarfélög eftir flatarmáli">59. sæti</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Mannfjöldi<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Samtals</th><td class="infobox-data">4.444</td></tr><tr 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Syðsta eyjan er <a href="/wiki/Surtsey" title="Surtsey">Surtsey</a> og sú nyrsta er <a href="/wiki/Elli%C3%B0aey" title="Elliðaey">Elliðaey</a>. <a href="/wiki/Heimaey" title="Heimaey">Heimaey</a> er stærst eyjanna og sú eina sem er byggð, en þar er <b>Vestmannaeyjabær</b> með um 4.639 íbúa (2024). Heitið Vestmannaeyjar er oft notað sem samheiti yfir Vestmannaeyjabæ. </p><p>Á Vestmannaeyjum búa rúmlega fjögur þúsund manns, sem þýðir að Vestmannaeyjar eru 12. fjölmennasta byggðin á Íslandi. <a href="/wiki/Sj%C3%A1var%C3%BAtvegur" title="Sjávarútvegur">Sjávarútvegur</a> er helsta atvinnugrein Vestmanneyinga. Hin árlega <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%B3%C3%B0h%C3%A1t%C3%AD%C3%B0_%C3%AD_Vestmannaeyjum" title="Þjóðhátíð í Vestmannaeyjum">Þjóðhátíð</a> um <a href="/wiki/Verslunarmannahelgi" class="mw-redirect" title="Verslunarmannahelgi">Verslunarmannahelgi</a> er ein vinsælasta útihátíðin á Íslandi, hana sækja þúsundir manna á hverju ári. </p><p>Sex einstaklingar hafa synt hið svokallaða <a href="/wiki/Eyjasund" title="Eyjasund">Eyjasund</a>, þ.e. frá Heimaey til Landeyjasands<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eyjarnar">Eyjarnar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Breyti hluta: Eyjarnar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Eyjarnar"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Eyjarnar eru þessar: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heimaey" title="Heimaey">Heimaey</a> (13,4 <a href="/wiki/Km%C2%B2" class="mw-redirect" title="Km²">km²</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surtsey" title="Surtsey">Surtsey</a> (1,9 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elli%C3%B0aey" title="Elliðaey">Elliðaey</a> (0,45 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bjarnarey_(Vestmannaeyjum)" title="Bjarnarey (Vestmannaeyjum)">Bjarnarey</a> (0,32 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lsey" title="Álsey">Álsey</a> (0,25 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Su%C3%B0urey" title="Suðurey">Suðurey</a> (0,20 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brandur_(eyja)" title="Brandur (eyja)">Brandur</a> (0,1 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hellisey" title="Hellisey">Hellisey</a> (0,1 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BAlnasker" title="Súlnasker">Súlnasker</a> (0,03 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geldungur" title="Geldungur">Geldungur</a> (0,02 km²)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geirfuglasker_(Vestmannaeyjum)" title="Geirfuglasker (Vestmannaeyjum)">Geirfuglasker</a> (0,02 km²)</li> <li>Hani, Hæna og Hrauney, ásamt skerinu Grasleysu, heita sameiginlega <a href="/wiki/Sm%C3%A1eyjar" title="Smáeyjar">Smáeyjar</a>.</li></ul> <p>Enn fremur eru nokkur sker, sem þykja öðrum fremri: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faxasker" title="Faxasker">Faxasker</a></li> <li>Stóri- og Litli Stakkur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latur_(sker)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latur (sker)">Latur</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Saga_eyjanna">Saga eyjanna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Breyti hluta: Saga eyjanna" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Saga eyjanna"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sagnir_um_nafngift_og_landnám"><span id="Sagnir_um_nafngift_og_landn.C3.A1m"></span>Sagnir um nafngift og landnám</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Breyti hluta: Sagnir um nafngift og landnám" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Sagnir um nafngift og landnám"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:Vestmannaeyjabaer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vestmannaeyjabaer.jpg/350px-Vestmannaeyjabaer.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Vestmannaeyjabaer.jpg/525px-Vestmannaeyjabaer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Vestmannaeyjabaer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Séð yfir höfnina í Vestmannaeyjum, <a href="/wiki/Heimaklettur" title="Heimaklettur">Heimaklettur</a> til vinstri. <a href="/wiki/Bjarnarey_(Vestmannaeyjum)" title="Bjarnarey (Vestmannaeyjum)">Bjarnarey</a> sést bak við Eldfellshraun til hægri.</figcaption></figure> <p>Fyrstu heimildir um Vestmannaeyjar eru í <a href="/wiki/Landn%C3%A1ma" class="mw-redirect" title="Landnáma">Landnámu</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Sturlub%C3%B3k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sturlubók (síða er ekki enn til)">Sturlubók</a>), þar sem segir frá <a href="/wiki/Ing%C3%B3lfur_Arnarson" title="Ingólfur Arnarson">Ingólfi Arnarsyni</a>, fyrsta <a href="/wiki/Landn%C3%A1msma%C3%B0ur" title="Landnámsmaður">landnámsmanninum</a>. Þegar hann kom til landsins dvaldist hann einn vetur á Ingólfshöfða, og hélt svo vestur með landinu í leit að <a href="/wiki/%C3%96ndvegiss%C3%BAlur" title="Öndvegissúlur">öndvegissúlunum</a> sínum. Þá fann hann bæ Hjörleifs, fóstbróður síns, og var hann þar látinn; hafði hann þá verið myrtur af þrælum sínum. Úti af <a href="/wiki/Hj%C3%B6rleifsh%C3%B6f%C3%B0i" title="Hjörleifshöfði">Hjörleifshöfða</a> sá hann eyjaklasa suður af Landeyjum og datt honum til hugar að þrælarnir hafi farið þangað. Eyjarnar voru þá nefndar eftir þrælunum, en þeir voru af írsku bergi brotnir og <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Drland" title="Írland">Írar</a> og <a href="/wiki/Skotland" title="Skotland">Skotar</a> voru gjarnan kallaðir <i>Vestmenn</i> á þessum tíma. Ingólfur elti þrælana uppi og drap þá, og eru mörg örnefni á eyjunum gefin eftir þrælunum. Meðal þeirra er <a href="/wiki/Helgafell_(Vestmannaeyjum)" title="Helgafell (Vestmannaeyjum)">Helgafell</a>, nefnt eftir Helga sem var veginn þar, og Dufþekja í <a href="/wiki/Heimaklettur" title="Heimaklettur">Heimakletti</a>, en hún er nefnd eftir Dufþaki sem sagður er hafa hoppað þar niður til að komast hjá því að falla fyrir sverði Ingólfs. Eins og segir í Landnámu: </p> <dl><dd><i>Ingólfur gekk þá upp á höfðann og sá eyjar liggja í útsuður til hafs; kom honum það í hug, að þeir mundu þangað hlaupið hafa, því að báturinn var horfinn; fóru þeir að leita þrælanna og fundu þá þar sem Eið heitir í eyjunum. Voru þeir þá að mat, er þeir Ingólfur komu að þeim. Þeir urðu felmtsfullir, og hljóp sinn veg hver. Ingólfur drap þá alla. Þar heitir Dufþaksskor, er hann lést. Fleiri hljópu þeir fyrir berg, þar sem við þá er kennt síðan. Vestmannaeyjar heita þar síðan, er þrælarnir voru drepnir, því að þeir voru Vestmenn.</i></dd></dl> <p>Samkvæmt <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauksb%C3%B3k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hauksbók (síða er ekki enn til)">Hauksbók</a> var fyrsti <a href="/wiki/Landn%C3%A1msma%C3%B0ur" title="Landnámsmaður">landnámsmaður</a> eyjanna <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herj%C3%B3lfur_B%C3%A1r%C3%B0arson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herjólfur Bárðarson (síða er ekki enn til)">Herjólfur Bárðarson</a>, sonur <a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%A1r%C3%B0ur_B%C3%A1reksson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bárður Báreksson (síða er ekki enn til)">Bárðar Bárekssonar</a>. Hann settist að í <a href="/wiki/Herj%C3%B3lfsdalur" title="Herjólfsdalur">Herjólfsdal</a> á <a href="/wiki/10._%C3%B6ld" class="mw-redirect" title="10. öld">10. öld</a> og hafa margar kenningar verið uppi um hvar í dalnum þessi fyrsta byggð var staðsett. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Margr%C3%A9t_Hermanns_Au%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Margrét Hermanns Auðardóttir (síða er ekki enn til)">Margrét Hermanns Auðardóttir</a> <a href="/wiki/Fornleifafr%C3%A6%C3%B0ingur" class="mw-redirect" title="Fornleifafræðingur">fornleifafræðingur</a> hóf uppgröft í Herjólfsdal sumarið <a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> og vann þar fimm sumur. Við uppgröftinn kom í ljós að byggð í Herjólfsdal var mun eldri en áður hefur verið talið eða frá því snemma á <a href="/wiki/9._%C3%B6ld" class="mw-redirect" title="9. öld">9. öld</a>. </p><p>Í <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sturlub%C3%B3k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sturlubók (síða er ekki enn til)">Sturlubók</a>, sem er eldri heimild en <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hauksb%C3%B3k&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hauksbók (síða er ekki enn til)">Hauksbók</a>, segir hins vegar að <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ormur_au%C3%B0gi_B%C3%A1r%C3%B0arson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ormur auðgi Bárðarson (síða er ekki enn til)">Ormur auðgi Bárðarson</a>, bróðir Herjólfs, hafi fyrstur byggt Eyjar. Hauksbók segir að Ormur auðgi hafi verið Herjólfsson. </p><p>Herjólfur er sagður hafa átt dótturina Vilborgu, sem eftir grjóthrun sem lagði bæ Herjólfs í eyði fluttist á <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vilborgarsta%C3%B0ir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vilborgarstaðir (síða er ekki enn til)">Vilborgarstaði</a> við vatnsbólið <a href="/wiki/Vilpa" title="Vilpa">Vilpu</a>. Samkvæmt sögunni varaði <a href="/wiki/Hrafn" title="Hrafn">hrafn</a> Vilborgu við grjóthruninu og bjargaði þannig lífi hennar. </p><p>Frá tíma Herjólfs Bárðarsonar hefur verið byggð samfellt á eyjunni, þó svo að íbúafjöldinn hafi tekið stórar dýfur þrisvar síðan þá — fyrst um helmingsfækkun íbúa þegar að um þrjú hundruð manns voru numin á brott í <a href="/wiki/Tyrkjar%C3%A1ni%C3%B0" title="Tyrkjaránið">Tyrkjaráninu</a> árið <a href="/wiki/1627" title="1627">1627</a>, svo í ungbarnadauðanum á <a href="/wiki/18._%C3%B6ld" class="mw-redirect" title="18. öld">18. öld</a>, og loks í Heimaeyjargosinu <a href="/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> þegar að yfir 6 mánaða skeið bjuggu eingöngu um 200 manns á Heimaey. Þegar gosið hófst var íbúafjöldi bæjarins hins vegar 5.273 (<a href="/wiki/1._desember" title="1. desember">1. desember</a> <a href="/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kirkjuvaldið"><span id="Kirkjuvaldi.C3.B0"></span>Kirkjuvaldið</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Breyti hluta: Kirkjuvaldið" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Kirkjuvaldið"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Í <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kristnisaga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kristnisaga (síða er ekki enn til)">Kristnisögu</a> segir frá því að <a href="/wiki/%C3%93lafur_Tryggvason" title="Ólafur Tryggvason">Ólafur Tryggvason</a> hafi sent <a href="/wiki/Hjalti_Skeggjason" title="Hjalti Skeggjason">Hjalta Skeggjason</a> og <a href="/wiki/Gissur_Teitsson_hv%C3%ADti" class="mw-redirect" title="Gissur Teitsson hvíti">Gissur Teitsson</a> með viði til <a href="/wiki/Kirkja" title="Kirkja">kirkjubyggingar</a> til <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dsland" title="Ísland">Íslands</a> og sagt þeim að reisa kirkju þar sem þeir kæmu fyrst að landi. Samkvæmt því reistu þeir kirkju á <a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6rgaeyri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hörgaeyri (síða er ekki enn til)">Hörgaeyri</a> í Vestmannaeyjum árið <a href="/wiki/1000" title="1000">1000</a> úr norskum viðum, en hvorki er vitað hvar sú eyri hefur verið né hversu lengi kirkjan hefur staðið. Tvær kirkjur voru síðar reistar í Vestmannaeyjum, að <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirkjub%C3%A6r_(Vestmannaeyjum)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kirkjubær (Vestmannaeyjum) (síða er ekki enn til)">Kirkjubæ</a> og <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ofanleiti_(Vestmannaeyjum)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ofanleiti (Vestmannaeyjum) (síða er ekki enn til)">Ofanleiti</a>. </p><p>Á árunum <a href="/wiki/1130" title="1130">1130-</a><a href="/wiki/1148" title="1148">1148</a> komust allar jarðir í Vestmannaeyjum í eigu <a href="/wiki/Sk%C3%A1lholt" title="Skálholt">Skálholtsstóls</a> að undirlagi <a href="/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Einarsson" title="Magnús Einarsson">Magnúsar Einarssonar</a> biskups og urðu kirkjujarðir. Eftir það voru því landsetar í Eyjum <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leiguli%C3%B0i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leiguliði (síða er ekki enn til)">leiguliðar</a> næstu aldirnar. Í Vestmannaeyjum voru að jafnaði átján <a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%BDli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Býli (síða er ekki enn til)">býli</a> og mikið af <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hj%C3%A1leiga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hjáleiga (síða er ekki enn til)">hjáleigum</a> (en fjöldi þeirra gat verið breytilegur eftir árferði), auk <a href="/w/index.php?title=T%C3%B3mth%C3%BAs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tómthús (síða er ekki enn til)">tómthúsa-</a> og <a href="/wiki/Verb%C3%BA%C3%B0" title="Verbúð">verbúðarbyggðar</a> við höfnina, sem er líklega einn elsti vísir að eiginlegu <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorp" title="Þorp">þorpi</a> á Íslandi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Náttúra"><span id="N.C3.A1tt.C3.BAra"></span>Náttúra</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Breyti hluta: Náttúra" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: Náttúra"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jarðfræði"><span id="Jar.C3.B0fr.C3.A6.C3.B0i"></span>Jarðfræði</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Breyti hluta: Jarðfræði" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section's source code: Jarðfræði"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:Thridrang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Thridrang.jpg/220px-Thridrang.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Thridrang.jpg/330px-Thridrang.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Thridrang.jpg/440px-Thridrang.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Þrídrangar.</figcaption></figure> <p>Vestmannaeyjar liggja um 10 km suður undan <a href="/w/index.php?title=Landeyjasandur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Landeyjasandur (síða er ekki enn til)">Landeyjasandi</a>. Eyjaklasinn er 15 eyjar, auk um 30 dranga og skerja. Eyjarnar eru sæbrattar og víðast hvar þaktar graslendi. Af þeim er <a href="/wiki/Heimaey" title="Heimaey">Heimaey</a> langstærst, um 13,4 km², og sú eina sem er byggð. Helstu og stærstu eyjarnar í kringum <a href="/wiki/Heimaey" title="Heimaey">Heimaey</a> eru <a href="/wiki/Elli%C3%B0aey" title="Elliðaey">Elliðaey</a> og <a href="/wiki/Bjarnarey_(Vestmannaeyjum)" title="Bjarnarey (Vestmannaeyjum)">Bjarnarey</a> norðaustur af Heimaey og til suðvesturs <a href="/wiki/Su%C3%B0urey" title="Suðurey">Suðurey</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C3%81lsey" title="Álsey">Álsey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brandur_(eyja)" title="Brandur (eyja)">Brandur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hellisey" title="Hellisey">Hellisey</a> og <a href="/wiki/Surtsey" title="Surtsey">Surtsey</a>. </p><p>Eyjarnar eru ungar á jarðsögulegan mælikvarða og hafa allar myndast í eldgosum, þær elstu fyrir u.þ.b. 12 þúsund árum. Flestar eyjarnar eru gíglaga <a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3bergsstapi" class="mw-redirect" title="Móbergsstapi">móbergsstapar</a> og á sumum þeirra eru gjallgígar. </p><p>Vestmannaeyjar eru á umfangsmiklu eldgosasvæði sem er um 38 km langt og 30 km breitt með 70-80 eldstöðvum eða leifum þeirra. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Surtsey">Surtsey</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Breyti hluta: Surtsey" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section's source code: Surtsey"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1744436"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Aðalgrein: <a href="/wiki/Surtsey" title="Surtsey">Surtsey</a></div> <p>Surtsey varð til í miklu neðansjávargosi sem hófst árið <a href="/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> og lauk <a href="/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a>. Það er lengsta <a href="/wiki/Eldgos" title="Eldgos">eldgos</a> á Íslandi frá því að sögur hófust. Við upphaf gossins mynduðust tvær eyjar og fengu þær nöfnin <a href="/wiki/Syrtlingur" title="Syrtlingur">Syrtlingur</a> og <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3lnir" title="Jólnir">Jólnir</a>. Jólnir kom upp úr sjó rétt fyrir Þorláksmessu í gosi sem stóð fram yfir jólin <a href="/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a>. Syrtlingur stóð mun lengur. Leifar þessarra eyja eru sitt hvoru megin Surtseyjar, Jólnir að suðvestan og Syrtlingur að norðaustan. </p><p>Strax að loknu gosinu var Surstey friðuð og voru <a href="/wiki/Jar%C3%B0fr%C3%A6%C3%B0ingur" class="mw-redirect" title="Jarðfræðingur">jarðfræðingar</a> jafnt sem <a href="/wiki/L%C3%ADffr%C3%A6%C3%B0ingur" class="mw-redirect" title="Líffræðingur">líffræðingar</a> forvitnir um þróun lífríkisins á eyjunni og eyjunnar sjálfrar. Strax á fyrstu árunum eftir gosið fóru ýmsar lífverur að taka sér bólfestu á eynni. </p><p>Eyjan er alfriðuð og er í umsjá Surtseyjarfélagsins, sem starfar í umboði umhverfisráðuneytisins fyrir hönd íslenska ríkisins. Allar mannaferðir um eyjuna án sérstaks leyfis eru harðbannaðar. Friðlandið umhverfis eyjuna hefur verið stækkað og er nú unnið að því að koma Surtsey á <a href="/wiki/Heimsminjaskr%C3%A1_UNESCO" title="Heimsminjaskrá UNESCO">heimsminjaskrá UNESCO</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Heimaeyjargosið"><span id="Heimaeyjargosi.C3.B0"></span>Heimaeyjargosið</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Breyti hluta: Heimaeyjargosið" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section's source code: Heimaeyjargosið"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1744436"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Aðalgrein: <a href="/wiki/Heimaeyjargosi%C3%B0" class="mw-redirect" title="Heimaeyjargosið">Heimaeyjargosið</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg/220px-R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg/330px-R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg/440px-R%C3%A1%C3%B0h%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja_og_Eldfell_s%C3%A9%C3%B0_fr%C3%A1_Sk%C3%B3lavegi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="383" /></a><figcaption>Ráðhús Vestmannaeyja; Eldfell í bakgrunni</figcaption></figure> <p>Eldgos hófst á Heimaey þann <a href="/wiki/23._jan%C3%BAar" title="23. janúar">23. janúar</a> árið <a href="/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> og eyðilagði og/eða skemmdi um það bil 60% af öllum húsum bæjarins. Nálægt þriðjungur allra húsa fór undir hraun. Í gosinu voru nær allir heimamenn fluttir upp á land. Íbúar voru 5.273 talsins fyrir gosið og sneru flestir þeirra aftur að því loknu, og margir fyrr. Einn maður lét lífið af gaseitrun, sem má tengja gosinu. Þó lést hann ekki fyrr en gosinu loknu og nálgast kraftaverk að mun fleiri skyldu ekki farast. </p><p>Eftir stóð eldfjallið Eldfell, sem margir Vestmannaeyingar vildu kalla Kirkjufell, rétt norðaustan Helgafells. Frá því stendur Eldfellshraun sem teygir sig frá Skarfatanga í suðri að Skansinum í norðri, og stækkaði það Heimaey um eina 3 ferkílómetra. Eldfellshraun er <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bas%C3%ADskt_berg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Basískt berg (síða er ekki enn til)">basískt</a> <a href="/wiki/Apalhraun" title="Apalhraun">apalhraun</a> að mestu, með nokkrum <a href="/wiki/Helluhraun" title="Helluhraun">helluhraunsblettum</a>; mestallt hraunið er <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vikur_(berg)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vikur (berg) (síða er ekki enn til)">vikur</a>. </p><p>Gosinu var lýst lokið <a href="/wiki/3._j%C3%BAl%C3%AD" title="3. júlí">3. júlí</a> sama ár og það hófst, en þá tóku við gríðarlegar hreinsunarframkvæmdir á eyjunni, enda höfðu um 300 hús farið undir hraun og afgangur bæjarins lá undir þykku öskulagi. </p><p>Í eldgosinu <a href="/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> fóru 11 götur innanbæjar ýmist að öllu eða einhverju leyti undir hraun: Austurvegur, Bakkastígur, Formannabraut, Heimagata, Kirkjuvegur, Landagata, Njarðarstígur, Sjómannasund, Strandvegur, Urðarvegur og Víðisvegur. </p><p>Allt frá árinu <a href="/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a> hefur <a href="/w/index.php?title=Goslokah%C3%A1t%C3%AD%C3%B0in&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goslokahátíðin (síða er ekki enn til)">Goslokahátíðin</a> verið haldin í Eyjum til að minnast goslokanna. Fimmta hvert ár eru hátíðirnar stærri en árin á milli. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veðurfar"><span id="Ve.C3.B0urfar"></span>Veðurfar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Breyti hluta: Veðurfar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section's source code: Veðurfar"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:Faxastigur.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Faxastigur.png/220px-Faxastigur.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Faxastigur.png/330px-Faxastigur.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Faxastigur.png/440px-Faxastigur.png 2x" data-file-width="614" data-file-height="345" /></a><figcaption>Faxastígur að vetrarlagi</figcaption></figure> <p>Í Vestmannaeyjum er fremur hlýtt, úrkomu- og vindasamt og markast það af legu eyjanna undan suðurströnd landsins. Hitamunur milli árstíða er tiltölulega lítill og þoka setur svip sinn á veðráttuna. Veðurfar við Vestmannaeyjar flokkast undir <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hafr%C3%A6nt_%C3%BAthafsloftslag&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hafrænt úthafsloftslag (síða er ekki enn til)">hafrænt úthafsloftslag</a>, nokkuð hlýtt og rakt miðað við meðaltal á fastalandinu. Veðrabrigði eru snögg og breytist veðrið stundum oft á dag. Gjarnan er sagt að ekki sé veður í Vestmannaeyjum, heldur eingöngu veðurprufur. </p><p>Samfelldar <a href="/wiki/Ve%C3%B0urathugun" title="Veðurathugun">veðurathuganir</a> hafa verið gerðar á <a href="/wiki/St%C3%B3rh%C3%B6f%C3%B0i" title="Stórhöfði">Stórhöfða</a> síðan árið <a href="/wiki/1921" title="1921">1921</a> og einnig við flugvöllinn síðan um <a href="/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a>. Árið <a href="/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998-</a><a href="/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> voru gerðar sjálfvirkar mælingar á <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eldfellshraun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eldfellshraun (síða er ekki enn til)">Eldfellshrauni</a> sem stóðu yfir í tæpt ár. Munur á úrkomu og hitastigi milli veðurstöðva á Heimaey hefur reynst óverulegur og er því miðað við Stórhöfða nema annað sé tekið fram. Árið <a href="/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a> var svo sett upp sjálfvirk <a href="/wiki/Ve%C3%B0urathugunarst%C3%B6%C3%B0" title="Veðurathugunarstöð">veðurstöð</a> í Vestmannaeyjabæ, við botn <i>Löngulágar</i>, þar sem <a href="/wiki/Vindur" title="Vindur">vindmælingar</a> á Stórhöfða gefa oft ekki rétta mynd af veðrinu inni í bænum. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg/220px-Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg/330px-Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg/440px-Heimaey_art_by_nightfall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Kvöldsól sest í norðri; listaverk unnið úr <a href="/wiki/Sveifar%C3%A1s" title="Sveifarás">sveifarás</a> úr skipsvél í forgrunni.</figcaption></figure> <p>Á <a href="/wiki/Vetur" title="Vetur">veturna</a> er meðalhiti hvergi hærri á landsvísu en víða er hlýrra yfir <a href="/wiki/Sumar" title="Sumar">sumarið</a>. Á tímabilinu <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961-</a><a href="/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a> var meðalárshiti 4,9 °C á Stórhöfða, en hæsti meðalhiti á einu ári var 5.5 °C árið <a href="/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a>. Milt hitastig í sjó í kringum Eyjarnar er ástæða fyrir háum meðallofthita og lítilli hitasveiflu milli árstíða og daga. Hiti hefur aldrei mælst yfir 20 °C á Stórhöfða, en í júni árið <a href="/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> mældist hitinn 19,3 °C og er það mesti hiti sem hefur mælst í eyjunum. Frost mældist að meðaltali 82 daga á ári yfir vetrarmánuðina á árunum <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961-</a><a href="/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>. Mesta frost sem mælst hefur var -16,9 °C í april árið <a href="/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a>. Að jafnaði var frost allan sólarhringinn 18 daga á ári á sama tímabili. Lægsti <a href="/wiki/Loft%C3%BEr%C3%BDstingur" title="Loftþrýstingur">loftþrýstingur</a> á Íslandi mældist á <a href="/wiki/St%C3%B3rh%C3%B6f%C3%B0i" title="Stórhöfði">Stórhöfða</a> 919,7 <a href="/wiki/Hekt%C3%B3paskal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hektópaskal">hPa</a> <a href="/wiki/2._desember" title="2. desember">2. desember</a> <a href="/wiki/1929" title="1929">1929</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Arkoma" title="Úrkoma">Úrkoma</a> er fremur mikil í Vestmannaeyjum. Á Stórhöfða rignir að meðaltali um 129 mm á mánuði, sem er mikið miðað við aðra landshluta. Meðalúrkoma á ári var 1.556 mm á tímabilinu <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961-</a><a href="/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a>. Úrkoman er mjög árstíðabundin. Mesta úrkoma er yfir vetrarmánuðina en minnst á tímabilinu apríl — júlí. Mesta úrkoma á einum sólarhring var 146 mm í október árið <a href="/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a>. Úrkomudagar hafa verið að jafnaði 246 á ári og þar af eru 82 dagar snjókoma eða slydda. Jörð var að meðaltali alhvít 40 daga á ári en alautt var að meðaltali 285 daga á tímabilinu <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961-</a><a href="/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>. </p><p>Þoka var að jafnaði 86 daga á ári við Stórhöfða en þar voru fleiri þokudagar en á nokkrum öðrum stað á Íslandi á tímabilinu <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961-</a><a href="/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>. Gera má ráð fyrir að þokudagar séu talsvert færrri í kaupstaðnum sem liggur neðarlega. Alskýjað var að jafnaði 192 daga á ári og heiðskýrt 22 daga. Meðal skýjahula var 6/8 himinhvolfsins á tímabilinu <a href="/wiki/1961" title="1961">1961-</a><a href="/wiki/1990" title="1990">1990</a>. Meðalrakastig er 82% og þrumudagar voru 4 á ári að jafnaði á sama tímabili. </p><p>Stórhöfði er vindsamasta veðurstöð landsins. Veðurstöðin er í 120 m hæð yfir sjávarmáli og opin fyrir öllum vindáttum. Meðalvindhraði yfir allt árið var 11,03 m/s á árunum 1961-2000. Talsverður munur er á vindhraða milli árstíða, í júlí er meðalvindhraði 8 m/s en 13,2 m/s í janúar. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lífríki"><span id="L.C3.ADfr.C3.ADki"></span>Lífríki</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=10" title="Breyti hluta: Lífríki" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section's source code: Lífríki"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg/250px-Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg/375px-Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg/500px-Puffin_hunter_in_Sudurey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1302" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lundavei%C3%B0i&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lundaveiði (síða er ekki enn til)">Lundaveiðimaður</a> í <a href="/wiki/Su%C3%B0urey" title="Suðurey">Suðurey</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Í Vestmannaeyjum er mjög fjölbreytt lífríki, þá einkum fuglar og plöntur. Stærsta <a href="/wiki/Lundi" title="Lundi">lundabyggð</a> heims er í Vestmannaeyjum, en meira en tíu milljón lundar búa á eyjunum. Gjöful fiskimið eru umhverfis eyjarnar og ofgnótt hvala, en lítið er af spendýrum á eyjunum sjálfum að undanskildum manninum. En stærsta lundabyggðin á Heimaey á undir höggi að sækja þar sem kanínur eru að yfirtaka <a href="/w/index.php?title=S%C3%A6fell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sæfell (síða er ekki enn til)">Sæfell</a>. Kanínum þessum var sleppt út í náttúruna í kringum <a href="/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a>. </p><p>Jarðvegur er víðast hvar grunnur í Vestmannaeyjum en þó eru á stöku stað skilyrði fyrir túnrækt. Víðast hvar er jarðvegur grýttur og stutt er niður á hraun. </p><p>Jarðvegur á Heimaey telst vera sandorpinn móajarðvegur þar sem eldfjallaska er í bland við lífræn jarðvegsefni. Gamlar uppþornaðar mýrar má meðal annars finna í Lyngfellisdal, Torfmýri og Bleiksmýrardal. </p><p>Árið <a href="/wiki/1771" title="1771">1771</a>, þegar verið var að flytja fyrstu <a href="/wiki/Hreind%C3%BDr" title="Hreindýr">hreindýrin</a> til <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dsland" title="Ísland">Íslands</a>, voru 13 hreindýr flutt til Vestmannaeyja. Stendur þá í <a href="/wiki/Esp%C3%B3l%C3%ADn" class="mw-redirect" title="Espólín">Árbókum Espólíns</a> (10. deild, bls. 101) að „<i>Þat sumar komu 13 hreindýr í Vestmannaeyjum at undirlagi Ólafs amtmanns Stephánssonar, dóu 10 í vesöld um vetrinn eftir, en þrjú lifdu</i>“. Önnur eldri og ítarlegri frásögn er í <a href="/w/index.php?title=Islandske_Maaneds-Tidender&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Islandske Maaneds-Tidender (síða er ekki enn til)">Islandske Maaneds-Tidender</a>, 2. árg., bls. 55-59, og heimildarmaðurinn er Sigurður Sigurðsson <a href="/w/index.php?title=Land%C3%BEingsskrifari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Landþingsskrifari (síða er ekki enn til)">landþingsskrifari</a> á <a href="/wiki/Hl%C3%AD%C3%B0arendi_%C3%AD_Flj%C3%B3tshl%C3%AD%C3%B0" class="mw-redirect" title="Hlíðarendi í Fljótshlíð">Hlíðarenda</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Atvinna,_menntun_og_menning"><span id="Atvinna.2C_menntun_og_menning"></span>Atvinna, menntun og menning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=11" title="Breyti hluta: Atvinna, menntun og menning" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section's source code: Atvinna, menntun og menning"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vestmannaeyjar hafa verið mikilvægasta <a href="/wiki/Verst%C3%B6%C3%B0" title="Verstöð">verstöð</a> landsins í fjölda ára og byggist afkoma heimamanna að mestu leyti á <a href="/wiki/Fiskvinnsla" title="Fiskvinnsla">fiskvinnslu</a> og <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Atger%C3%B0" title="Útgerð">útgerð</a>. Auk þess eru ört vaxandi atvinnuvegir eyjaskeggja í dag <a href="/wiki/Fer%C3%B0a%C3%BEj%C3%B3nusta" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferðaþjónusta">ferðaþjónusta</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Skipavi%C3%B0ger%C3%B0ir&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Skipaviðgerðir (síða er ekki enn til)">skipaviðgerðir</a> og <a href="/wiki/Menntun" title="Menntun">menntun</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Framhaldssk%C3%B3linn_%C3%AD_Vestmannaeyjum" title="Framhaldsskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum">Framhaldsskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum</a> er stöðugt að stækka við sig þrátt fyrir að oft reynist erfitt að lokka námsmenn til Eyja. <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands" title="Háskóli Íslands">Háskóli Íslands</a> og <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3linn_%C3%A1_Akureyri" title="Háskólinn á Akureyri">Háskólinn á Akureyri</a> eru báðir búnir að koma sér upp útibúum á Heimaey. Í Vestmannaeyjum eru tveir grunnskólar; <a href="/wiki/Barnask%C3%B3linn_%C3%AD_Vestmannaeyjum" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnaskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum">Barnaskólinn í Vestmannaeyjum</a> og <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hamarssk%C3%B3li_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hamarsskóli Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Hamarsskóli Vestmannaeyja</a>. Sameining skólanna er nú fyrirhuguð. Verið er að undirbúa byggingu nýs sex deilda leikskóla, en fyrir eru þrír leikskólar í eyjunum: Rauðagerði, Kirkjugerði og Sóli. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands,_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands%2C_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg/220px-H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands%2C_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands%2C_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg/330px-H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands%2C_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands%2C_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg/440px-H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands%2C_Vestmannaeyjum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Rannsóknarsetrið í Vestmannaeyjum</figcaption></figure> <p>Mörg söfn eru í Vestmannaeyjum, en <a href="/w/index.php?title=Safnah%C3%BAs_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Safnahús Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Safnahús Vestmannaeyja</a>, sem stendur við Ráðhúströð, hýsir <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ra%C3%B0sskjalasafn_Vestmannaeyja" title="Héraðsskjalasafn Vestmannaeyja">Héraðsskjalasafn Vestmannaeyja</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=B%C3%B3kasafn_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bókasafn Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Bókasafn Vestmannaeyja</a> og <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bygg%C3%B0asafn_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Byggðasafn Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Byggðasafn Vestmannaeyja</a>. Einnig er þar til húsa <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lj%C3%B3smyndasafn_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ljósmyndasafn Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Ljósmyndasafn</a>. Við Heiðarveg stendur <a href="/w/index.php?title=N%C3%A1tt%C3%BArugripasafn_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Náttúrugripasafn Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Náttúrugripasafn Vestmannaeyja</a>, en það er eina safnið af sinni gerð á Íslandi. Við Skansfjöru er húsið <a href="/w/index.php?title=Landlyst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Landlyst (síða er ekki enn til)">Landlyst</a>, sem var áður staðsett á Tanganum, suður af Básaskersbryggju, en það hús var fyrsta fæðingarheimilið á Íslandi, og er það nú notað til listsýninga af ýmsu tagi. Ríkisstjórn Íslands keypti nýlega afnotarétt af myndum <a href="/wiki/Sigmund" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigmund">Sigmunds</a>, sem hafa birst í áraraðir í <a href="/wiki/Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0" title="Morgunblaðið">Morgunblaðinu</a>, og eru áætlanir um að setja upp safn þeirra í fyrirætluðu menningarhúsi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orðaforði_og_málfar"><span id="Or.C3.B0afor.C3.B0i_og_m.C3.A1lfar"></span>Orðaforði og málfar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=12" title="Breyti hluta: Orðaforði og málfar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section's source code: Orðaforði og málfar"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Algengt er að eldri Vestmannaeyingar tali með <a href="/wiki/Fl%C3%A1m%C3%A6li" title="Flámæli">flámæli</a>, en það er óalgengara meðal yngri kynslóðanna. Í einangruðum samfélögum á borð við það sem er í Vestmannaeyjum má búast við að nokkuð sértækur orðaforði verði til, en þó er flestan orðaforða eyjaskeggja hægt að finna annars staðar. Nokkur dæmi um algeng orð í tali Vestmannaeyinga: </p> <ul><li><i>peyji</i> eða <i>peyi</i> — ungur strákur. Kom fyrst fram á <a href="/wiki/17._%C3%B6ld" class="mw-redirect" title="17. öld">17. öld</a>, ekki er vitað um upphaflegt <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stofns%C3%A9rhlj%C3%B3%C3%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stofnsérhljóð (síða er ekki enn til)">stofnsérhljóð</a> eða rétta ritmynd, en uppruni er óljós. Að öllum líkindum ekki <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B6kuor%C3%B0" title="Tökuorð">tökuorð</a> úr <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A6nska" title="Sænska">sænska</a> orðinu <i>poike</i> eða <a href="/wiki/Danska" title="Danska">danska</a> orðinu <i>pog</i>. Uppruni mögulega tengdur orðinu <i>pegi</i> (sem þýðir „snáði“, „náungi“, „lítill kálfur“ eða „gemlingur“).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>pæja</i> eða <i>pæa</i> — ung stúlka, <a href="/wiki/T%C3%B6kuor%C3%B0" title="Tökuorð">tökuorð</a> úr <a href="/wiki/Amer%C3%ADka" title="Ameríka">amerísku</a> <a href="/wiki/Slangur" title="Slangur">slangri</a> <i>pie</i> (sem þýðir „baka“ eða „skorpusteik“), notað í <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%93eiginleg_merking&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Óeiginleg merking (síða er ekki enn til)">óeiginlegri merkingu</a> og á við sæta stelpu (samanber <i>cutie pie</i> or <i>sweety pie</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>tríkot</i> — íþróttagalli. Líklega tilkomið af nafni <a href="/wiki/Frakkland" title="Frakkland">fransks</a> fyrirtækis sem framleiddi íþróttagalla.</li> <li><i>útsuður</i> — suðvestur, í átt að eyjunum sem eru þar. Þekkt úr forneskju.</li> <li><i>landnorður</i> — norðaustur, í átt að meginlandi Íslands. Þekkt úr forneskju.</li> <li><i>kar</i> — það sem oftast er kallað ker (en þó stundum kar) á meginlandi Íslands.</li> <li><i>tuðra</i> — slöngubátur.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nor%C3%B0urey" title="Norðurey">Norðurey</a> — heiti yfir <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dsland" title="Ísland">Ísland</a></i></li></ul> <p>Fleiri dæmi mætti tína til. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Þekktir_Vestmannaeyingar"><span id=".C3.9Eekktir_Vestmannaeyingar"></span>Þekktir Vestmannaeyingar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=13" title="Breyti hluta: Þekktir Vestmannaeyingar" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section's source code: Þekktir Vestmannaeyingar"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Sjá einnig, <a href="/wiki/Listi_yfir_b%C3%A6jarstj%C3%B3ra_Vestmannaeyja" title="Listi yfir bæjarstjóra Vestmannaeyja">lista yfir bæjarstjóra Vestmannaeyja</a></dd></dl> <p>Margir Vestmannaeyingar eru þekktir á landsvísu. Hér eru nefndir nokkrir þeirra: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%81rni_Johnsen" title="Árni Johnsen">Árni Johnsen</a></b> fyrverandi alþingismaður fyrir <a href="/wiki/Sj%C3%A1lfst%C3%A6%C3%B0isflokkurinn" title="Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn">Sjálfstæðisflokkinn</a>, og lengst af umsjónarmaður brekkusöngsins á <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%B3%C3%B0h%C3%A1t%C3%AD%C3%B0_%C3%AD_Eyjum" class="mw-redirect" title="Þjóðhátíð í Eyjum">Þjóðhátíð í Eyjum</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%81sgeir_Sigurvinsson" title="Ásgeir Sigurvinsson">Ásgeir Sigurvinsson</a></b> knattspyrnumaður og fyrrum þjálfari landsliðs <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Dsland" title="Ísland">Íslands</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%81si_%C3%AD_B%C3%A6" title="Ási í Bæ">Ási í Bæ</a></b> var einn frægasti textasmiður og tónlistarmaður Vestmannaeyja.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Binni_%C3%AD_Gr%C3%B6f" title="Binni í Gröf">Binni í Gröf</a></b> var landsfrægur aflamaður og sótti <i>sextíu þúsund tonn í sjávardjúp</i> að sögn Ása í Bæ.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0laugur_Fri%C3%B0%C3%BE%C3%B3rsson" title="Guðlaugur Friðþórsson">Guðlaugur Friðþórsson</a></b> öðlaðist heimsfrægð þegar vélbáturinn <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hellisey_(skip)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hellisey (skip) (síða er ekki enn til)">Hellisey</a> sem hann var háseti á sökk suðaustur af Heimaey árið <a href="/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a>. Þá synti hann um 5 kílómetra í land í vonskuveðri og gekk berfættur yfir nýja hraunið sem var þá enn heitt og gerði bæjarbúum viðvart um afdrif skipsins.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0r%C3%AD%C3%B0ur_S%C3%ADmonard%C3%B3ttir" title="Guðríður Símonardóttir">Guðríður Símonardóttir</a></b>, Tyrkja-Gudda.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/J%C3%BAl%C3%ADana_Sveinsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Júlíana Sveinsdóttir">Júlíana Sveinsdóttir</a></b>, myndlistarmaður.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Oddgeir_Kristj%C3%A1nsson" title="Oddgeir Kristjánsson">Oddgeir Kristjánsson</a></b>, þekktasti tónlistarmaður úr Eyjum, samdi mörg fræg lög með Ása í Bæ og Árna úr Eyjum.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sigmund_Johanson_Baldvinsen" title="Sigmund Johanson Baldvinsen">Sigmund Johanson Baldvinsen</a></b>, teiknað skopmyndir fyrir <a href="/wiki/Morgunbla%C3%B0i%C3%B0" title="Morgunblaðið">Morgunblaðið</a> í áratugi, er samt þekktastur meðal sjómanna fyrir uppfinningarnar sínar.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snorri_%C3%93skarsson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Snorri Óskarsson (síða er ekki enn til)">Snorri Óskarsson</a></b>, almennt kallaður Snorri í Betel er þekktastur fyrir aðild sína að Hvítasunnusöfnuðinum Betel.</li></ul> <dl><dd>Sjá einnig lengri <a href="/wiki/Listi_yfir_%C3%BEekkta_Vestmannaeyinga" title="Listi yfir þekkta Vestmannaeyinga">lista yfir þekkta Vestmannaeyinga</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Þjóðhátíð"><span id=".C3.9Ej.C3.B3.C3.B0h.C3.A1t.C3.AD.C3.B0"></span>Þjóðhátíð</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=14" title="Breyti hluta: Þjóðhátíð" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section's source code: Þjóðhátíð"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fræg er <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Ej%C3%B3%C3%B0h%C3%A1t%C3%AD%C3%B0_%C3%AD_Eyjum" class="mw-redirect" title="Þjóðhátíð í Eyjum">þjóðhátíð</a> Eyjamanna, sem haldin er ár hvert um <a href="/wiki/Verslunarmannahelgi" class="mw-redirect" title="Verslunarmannahelgi">verslunarmannahelgi</a> og dregur til sín fólk alls staðar að af landinu. Til hennar var fyrst stofnað árið <a href="/wiki/1874" title="1874">1874</a>, þegar eyjaskeggjar komust ekki til hátíðahalda í landi í tengslum við 1.000 ára afmæli Íslandsbyggðar og móttöku fyrstu <a href="/wiki/Stj%C3%B3rnarskr%C3%A1" title="Stjórnarskrá">stjórnarskrár</a> landsins úr hendi <a href="/wiki/Kristj%C3%A1n_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="Kristján IX">Kristjáns IX</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danm%C3%B6rk" title="Danmörk">Danakonungs</a> á <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir" title="Þingvellir">Þingvöllum</a>. Þá ákváðu Vestmannaeyingar að halda sína eigin hátíð. Sú hefð hefur verið að íþróttafélög bæjarins, áður <a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3r_(%C3%AD%C3%BEr%C3%B3ttaf%C3%A9lag)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Þór (íþróttafélag)">Þór</a> og <a href="/w/index.php?title=T%C3%BDr_(%C3%AD%C3%BEr%C3%B3ttaf%C3%A9lag)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Týr (íþróttafélag) (síða er ekki enn til)">Týr</a> til skiptis en eftir sameiningu þeirra <a href="/wiki/%C3%8DBV" class="mw-redirect" title="ÍBV">ÍBV</a>, sjái um framkvæmd þjóðhátíðarinnar, og hljóti gróðann af henni. </p><p>Hátíðin er haldin í <a href="/w/index.php?title=Herj%C3%B3lfsdal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herjólfsdal (síða er ekki enn til)">Herjólfsdal</a> fyrstu helgina í ágúst og eru fastir liðir brenna, flugeldasýning og brekkusöngur, sem hefur verið undir stjórn <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rni_Johnsen" title="Árni Johnsen">Árna Johnsen</a> í um áratug, að einu ári slepptu á meðan hann sat í fangelsi, en þá var <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3bert_Marshall" title="Róbert Marshall">Róbert Marshall</a> fenginn til þess að hlaupa í skarðið. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ginklofinn">Ginklofinn</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=15" title="Breyti hluta: Ginklofinn" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section's source code: Ginklofinn"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/St%C3%ADfkrampi" title="Stífkrampi">Stífkrampafaraldur</a> var í Vestmannaeyjum í margar aldir, sökum bágrar stöðu heilbrigðismála á landsvísu. Dánartíðni var há meðal ungabarna, um 60-80% barna dóu úr stífkrampa, sem kallaður var ginklofi, en annars staðar á Íslandi dóu um 30% barna úr þessum sjúkdómi, og 15-20% í Danmörku. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Klog&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Klog (síða er ekki enn til)">Thomas Klog</a>, fyrsti landlæknir Íslands, var sendur til Vestmannaeyja með konunglegri tilskipun árið <a href="/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a> til þess að rannsaka orsakir ginklofans, og birti hann niðurstöður sínar í skýrslunni <i>Indberettninger om Börnesygdommen Ginklofi</i>. Seinna varð staða héraðslæknis í Vestmannaeyjum til, og gegndu <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Ferdinand_Lund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carl Ferdinand Lund (síða er ekki enn til)">Carl Ferdinand Lund</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Carl_Hans_Ulrich_Balbroe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carl Hans Ulrich Balbroe (síða er ekki enn til)">Carl Hans Ulrich Balbroe</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Andreas_Steener_Iversen_Haaland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andreas Steener Iversen Haaland (síða er ekki enn til)">Andreas Steener Iversen Haaland</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=August_Ferdinand_Schneider&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="August Ferdinand Schneider (síða er ekki enn til)">August Ferdinand Schneider</a> og <a href="/w/index.php?title=Philip_Theodor_Davidsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philip Theodor Davidsen (síða er ekki enn til)">Philip Theodor Davidsen</a> því embætti hver á fætur öðrum frá árinu <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>. Þrátt fyrir héraðslæknana breyttist ástandið lítið, og engin breyting varð á dánartíðni barna þó svo að almenn heilsa Vestmannaeyinga skánaði. </p><p>Árið <a href="/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a> var <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Anton_Schleisner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Anton Schleisner (síða er ekki enn til)">Peter Anton Schleisner</a> sendur til Vestmannaeyja til þess að rannsaka ginklofann. Hann hafði ritað grein um barnafarsótt árinu áður, og er það líkleg ástæða þess að hann var sendur. Hann setti á laggirnar fæðingarheimili í húsinu Landlyst, sem var þá fyrsta fæðingarheimili Íslands. Hann lagði til breytingar á hreinlæti við fæðingar, og benti líka á að hengja upp þvott til þerris á þvottasnúrum frekar en að láta hann liggja í grasinu — það kom svo í ljós að það var aðalorsök faraldursins, þar sem að sýkillinn <a href="/w/index.php?title=Clostridum_tetani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clostridum tetani (síða er ekki enn til)">clostridum tetani</a> lifir í jarðvegi, og smitaðist yfir í fötin, og frá þeim inn um naflastreng barnanna. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Samgöngur"><span id="Samg.C3.B6ngur"></span>Samgöngur</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=16" title="Breyti hluta: Samgöngur" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section's source code: Samgöngur"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Mynd:Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_%281%29.jpg/220px-Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_%281%29.jpg/330px-Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_%281%29.jpg/440px-Herjolfur_IMO_9825099_F_Landeyjah%C3%B6fn_10-07-2021_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2169" data-file-height="1415" /></a><figcaption>Herjólfur á leið til hafnar.</figcaption></figure> <p>Farþegaskipið <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Herj%C3%B3lfur_(skip_2019)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Herjólfur (skip 2019) (síða er ekki enn til)">Herjólfur</a></i> siglir til Vestmannaeyja. Aðeins eitt flugfélag stundar flugferðir til og frá til Vestmannaeyjum og er það <a href="/wiki/Flugf%C3%A9lagi%C3%B0_Ernir" title="Flugfélagið Ernir">Flugfélagið Ernir</a> sem flýgur á <a href="/wiki/Hornafj%C3%B6r%C3%B0ur" title="Hornafjörður">Hornafjörð</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sau%C3%B0%C3%A1rkr%C3%B3kur" title="Sauðárkrókur">Sauðárkrók</a>, <a href="/wiki/B%C3%ADldudalur" title="Bíldudalur">Bíldudal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gj%C3%B6gur" title="Gjögur">Gjögur</a> og <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a>. Forveri þess var <a href="/w/index.php?title=Flugf%C3%A9lag_Vestmannaeyja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja (síða er ekki enn til)">Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja</a>, sem missti rekstrarleyfi sitt í <a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%AD" title="Maí">maí</a> <a href="/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Á Heimaey eru 66 götur innan bæjarmarkanna, og nokkrar utan þeirra. Lengsta gatan heitir Vestmannabraut, en hét áður Breiðholtsvegur. Flestir íbúar búa við Áshamar en fæstir við Austurgerði, Njarðarstíg og Ofanleitisveg. Í götuheitum í Vestmannaeyjum er að finna nokkur íslensk heiti yfir götu eða veg. Orðin eru eru <i>vegur</i>, <i>stígur</i>, <i>slóð</i>, <i>gata</i>, <i>braut</i>, <i>stræti</i>, <i>sund</i> og <i>traðir</i>. </p><p>Á síðustu árum hafa miklar vangaveltur verið um hvort mögulegt sé að gera <a href="/wiki/Jar%C3%B0g%C3%B6ng" title="Jarðgöng">jarðgöng</a> til Vestmannaeyja og hefur <a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%81hugamannaf%C3%A9lagi%C3%B0_%C3%86gisdyr&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Áhugamannafélagið Ægisdyr (síða er ekki enn til)">áhugamannafélagið Ægisdyr</a> verið stofnað um gerð slíkra ganga. Vestmannaeyingar eru ekki allir sammála um að göng séu rétta lausnin, en þó eru eyjamenn upp til hópa sammála um að samgöngur milli lands og eyja þurfi að bæta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tilvísanir"><span id="Tilv.C3.ADsanir"></span>Tilvísanir</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&veaction=edit&section=17" title="Breyti hluta: Tilvísanir" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>breyta</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vestmannaeyjar&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section's source code: Tilvísanir"><span>breyta frumkóða</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1744314">.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1870430">.mw-parser-output .citation a.new{color:black}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .citation a.new{color:white}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .citation a.new{color:white}}.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1873994">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#2C882D;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911F}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{color:#f8a397}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{color:#f8a397}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911F}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSverrisson" class="citation web cs1">Sverrisson, Ólafur Björn. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.visir.is/g/20222289875d">„Synti frá Eyjum í land til styrktar börnum á átakasvæðum - Vísir“</a>. <i>visir.is</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Sótt 10. september 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=visir.is&rft.atitle=Synti+fr%C3%A1+Eyjum+%C3%AD+land+til+styrktar+b%C3%B6rnum+%C3%A1+%C3%A1takasv%C3%A6%C3%B0um+-+V%C3%ADsir&rft.aulast=Sverrisson&rft.aufirst=%C3%93lafur+Bj%C3%B6rn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.visir.is%2Fg%2F20222289875d&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fis.wikipedia.org%3AVestmannaeyjar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1870430"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1873994"><cite id="CITEREFÁsgeir_Blöndal_Magnússon" class="citation book cs1">Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (3. prentun mars 2008). <i>Íslensk orðsifjabók</i>. Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Kerfiss%C3%AD%C3%B0a:B%C3%B3kaheimildir/978-9979-654-01-8" title="Kerfissíða:Bókaheimildir/978-9979-654-01-8"><bdi>978-9979-654-01-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%C3%8Dslensk+or%C3%B0sifjab%C3%B3k&rft.pub=Stofnun+%C3%81rna+Magn%C3%BAssonar+%C3%AD+%C3%ADslenskum+fr%C3%A6%C3%B0um&rft.isbn=978-9979-654-01-8&rft.au=%C3%81sgeir+Bl%C3%B6ndal+Magn%C3%BAsson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fis.wikipedia.org%3AVestmannaeyjar" class="Z3988"></span> á blaðsíðu 708 undir „<i>peyi</i>“.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1870430"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1873994"><cite id="CITEREFÁsgeir_Blöndal_Magnússon" class="citation book cs1">Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (3. prentun mars 2008). <i>Íslensk orðsifjabók</i>. Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Kerfiss%C3%AD%C3%B0a:B%C3%B3kaheimildir/978-9979-654-01-8" title="Kerfissíða:Bókaheimildir/978-9979-654-01-8"><bdi>978-9979-654-01-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%C3%8Dslensk+or%C3%B0sifjab%C3%B3k&rft.pub=Stofnun+%C3%81rna+Magn%C3%BAssonar+%C3%AD+%C3%ADslenskum+fr%C3%A6%C3%B0um&rft.isbn=978-9979-654-01-8&rft.au=%C3%81sgeir+Bl%C3%B6ndal+Magn%C3%BAsson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fis.wikipedia.org%3AVestmannaeyjar" class="Z3988"></span> á blaðsíðu 734 undir „<i>pæ(j)a</i>“.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eyjafrettir.is/frettir/2010/05/07/flugfelag_vestmannaeyja_missti_sjukraflugid">Flugfélag Vestmannaeyja 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