Djupavik, Iceland

Djúpavík is a small settlement based around a herring processing factory on Reykjarfjörður, a deep fjord on of Strandir in the Westfjords (Vestfirðir) region. It largely date from the 1930: this was once the largest concrete building in Iceland.

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The rusting hulk of SS Suðurland at Djúpavík, Reykjarfjörður, Iceland
The harbour at Djúpavík, situated at the head of Reykjarfjörður, is dominated by the old herring factory and the rusting hulk of SS Suðurland. Formerly a cargo and passenger ship, she's now spending her twilight years mouldering slowly and dramati...
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Standing water inside a former herring oil storage tank at Djúpavík, Iceland
Inside one of the enormous concrete tanks which used to hold thousands of gallons of processed fish oil when Djúpavík was a working herring processing plant in the 1930 and 1940s. The large rusting metal spiral under the water was a giant heating ...
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Exhibition inside a former herring oil storage tank at Djúpavík, Iceland
Inside one of the enormous concrete tanks which used to hold thousands of gallons of processed fish oil when Djúpavík was a working herring processing plant in the 1930 and 1940s. The large rusting metal spiral under the water was a giant heating ...
Joby Catto
Between the concrete herring oil tanks at Djúpavík, Iceland
Standing between the enormous concrete tanks which used to hold thousands of gallons of processed fish oil when Djúpavík was a working herring processing plant in the 1930 and 1940s.The concrete is slowly decaying but each of the tanks are still a...
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Looking to the waterfall from a derelict building at Djúpavík, Iceland
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Reception at Hotel Djúpavík in Strandir, Iceland
Inside the welcoming reception area of Hotel Djúpavík in the West Fjords (Vestfirðir) region in Iceland. This charming hotel, located on the beautifully rugged eastern coast of the Strandir peninsula, is a welcome sight for weary travellers, and p...