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Avalanches in coastal towns in Iceland
Figure 3. Avalanches known to have caused fatalities or damage 1600–1980. (From Björnsson, 1980.) – Kortið
sýnir staði þar sem snjóflóð hafa valdið dauðsföllum eða eyðileggingu á árunum 1600-1980.
Table 2: Number of avalanches and registered outlines of avalanches in the Icelandic Meterological Office
database in the vicinity of the towns threatened by avalanches. By 31 July 2003, a total of 2072 snow avalanches
were registered in the database. – Yfirlit yfir fjölda skráðra snjóflóða í gagnagrunni Veðurstofu Íslands fram til
31. júlí 2003.
Location Town and the Rural area close Outlines in the
closest surroundings town GI-system
Ólafsvík 11 - 7
Patreksfjörður 19 4 21
Bíldudalur 20 9 4
Flateyri 129 231 172
Ísafjörður 192 29 203
Hnífsdalur 76 - 70
Súðavík 24 7 21
Bolungarvík 30 108 95
Siglufjörður 140 220 126
Ólafsfjörður 3 54 45
Seyðisfjörður 83 54 95
Neskaupstaður 151 14 128
Eskifjörður 27 22 6
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