Skagi is the name of the

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Húnaflói (, ) is a bay of the Iceland Sea in Northwestern Region (Iceland), Northwestern Region and Westfjords, Iceland. It is situated between the village of Strandir on peninsula to the west and the of Skagi peninsula to the east. Spanning , it has a ...

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Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...

, which derives its name from Skagi. There used to be three municipalities in Skagi; two were and , now named

Húnabyggð Húnabyggð () is a municipality in the north of Iceland, which was formed with the merger of Blönduós and Húnavatnshreppur. A vote was held in February 2022 where 97.8% of Blönduós inhabitants and 62.3% of Húnavatnshreppur inhabitants voted ...

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Skagaströnd Skagaströnd (), previously Höfðakaupstaður (), is a Municipalities of Iceland, municipality and village in the Northwestern Region (Iceland), Northwestern Region of Iceland. It is situated on the western side of the Skagi peninsula, along ...

, on the western side, which belonged to Austur-Húnavatnssýsla County. The third municipality, on the eastern side, was Skefilsstaðahreppur, which became a part of what is now Skagafjörður County in 1998. Reykjaströnd near , east of Tindastóll Mountain, is not considered part of Skagi. The settlement on the Húnaflói side in Skagi (the west), beginning at the church site Höskuldsstaðir—and out past Kálfshamarsvík cove—is called district. On the side (the east), Skagi is considered to comprise the area from cove along Tindastóll and out to Skagatá (the tip of the peninsula). The outermost farms on the Húnavatnssýsla side are also said to be in Skagi, but not Skagaströnd. The county border runs the length of Skagi, a bit east of center. The edge of Skagi is low-lying near the plateau, where there are a number of lakes with great

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fishing. Mountains begin farther south, particularly to the southwest. The most well-known of these mountains is Spákonufell, overlooking (now generally known as ), which is the only urban area in Skagi. There used to be a small village by Kálfshamarsvík cove near the outer edge of Skagi, but no urbanization took place on the eastern side of Skagi, although there used to be fishing access from Selvík. Throughout Skagi, especially farther out, there were many extra resources to take advantage of, like seal and eider duck hunting, as well as trout fishing in 's lakes. On the side of the peninsula, Hraun is the outermost farm. There is a lighthouse there in Skagatá. On June 16, 2008, a

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came onto the land near Hraun. Another polar bear was put down on July 3, 2008 in Þverárfjall, a short way from the highway between Sauðárkrókur and . is in the southernmost of Skagi, and about 35 kilometers from Hraun.

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{{Authority control Skagafjörður Austur-Húnavatnssýsla Peninsulas of Iceland