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This
borderpoint at Öræfi is located
between Vestur-Skaftafellssýslu (in west) and Suður-Múlasýslu (in
east).
Öræfasveit or Öræfi (formerly Litlahérað) is the westernmost part in Austur-Skaftafellssýsla, between Breiðamerkursand and
Skeiðarár, east of Kirkjubæjarklaustur and south of Öræfajökull.
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| The county of
Austur-Skaftafellssýsla
lies between the Vatnajökull and the south coast, approximately from Eystrahorn in the east and to Skeiðarájökull in the West.
The geographical area of Austur-Skaftafellssýsla is the same as the municipality of Hornafjörður.
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| Hornafjarðarbær was a municipality in Hornafirði, Austur-Skaftafellssýslu county.
On 12th June 1994 it merged with Hafnar i Hornafirði, Nesjahreppur and Mýrahreppur.
The new municipality was however short-lived, only four years later, on 6 June 1998,
merged it Hofshreppur, Borgarhafnarhreppi og Bæjarhreppi under the name of
Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður.
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| Backsides of the monument and
signs – towards Skaftarhreppur municipality and Vestur-Skaftafellssýslu
county.
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| Boundary northbound towards
the glacier.
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| Boundary southbound towards
the ocean.
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| The geographical location of
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