Brokey

Brokey is the largest island of Breiðafjörður, Iceland.[1] Brokey has an area 3.7 km ² with its highest point 34 m above sea level. Brokey is about 1 km wide and 3.5 to 4.0 km in length.

Notable people

  • Jón Pétursson (1584-1667), a noted falcon hunter and pioneer in raising eider ducks and exploiting them for export.
  • Hans Becker, a Dane, who was an administrator. He wrote an essay on the restoration of Iceland.
gollark: I don't actually perceive light though, for safety reasons.
gollark: Of course.
gollark: And you can eventually learn to automatically flip stuff if you wear weird mirror glasses long enough.
gollark: Yes? Images are flipped in the optics.
gollark: I tape my watch to my forehead so people can see the time more easily.

References

  1. Nat.is Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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