{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Vopnafjordur","identifier":"ISVPN","unlocode":"ISVPN","city":null,"country":"Iceland","waterBody":"Norwegian Sea; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":null,"harborType":null,"channelDepthMeters":0,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":65.75,"longitude":-14.816666667},"description":"Trawlers outnumber cargo ships at Vopnafjörður (UN/LOCODE ISVPN), a fishing harbour on the fjord of the same name in northeast Iceland, opening onto the Norwegian Sea and North Atlantic. Home to roughly 600 people, the village once served as Iceland's principal departure point for emigrants bound for North America between 1870 and 1914. Today its economic backbone is a large, highly automated pelagic fish plant processing herring, mackerel and capelin, complete with freezing and fishmeal facilit","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/vopnafjordur-port-isvpn","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/vopnafjordur-port-isvpn","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Vopnafjordur · (UN/LOCODE: ISVPN) · Iceland"}