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fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

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Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

, listed in a clockwise direction round the island from the SW to the east. There are no important fjords along the south coast: most of the inlets there are lagoons.

Western fjords

Faxaflói Faxaflói (sometimes Faxa Bay, Faxe Bay or Faxi Bay,Thorstein Thorsteinsson. 1930. ''Iceland, 1930: A Handbook Published on the Fortieth Anniversary of Landsbanki Íslands (National Bank of Iceland)''. Reykjavík: Ríkisprentsmidjan Gutenberg. i ...

** Stakksfjörður ** Hafnarfjörður ** Skerjafjörður ** Kollafjörður **

Hvalfjörður Hvalfjörður (, "whale fjord") is situated in the west of Iceland between Mosfellsbær and Akranes. The fjord is approximately 30 km long and 5 km wide. The origin of the name Hvalfjörður is uncertain. Certainly today there is no pr ...

Borgarfjörður Borgarfjörður () is a fjord in the west of Iceland near the town of Borgarnes. Although the waters of Borgarfjörður appear calm, the fjord has significant undercurrents and shallows. The many flat islands lying in the fjord are for the most ...

** Haffjörður *

Breiðafjörður Breiðafjörður (, ''wide fjord'') is a large shallow bay, about 50 km wide and 125 km long, in the west of Iceland. It separates the region of the Westfjords (Vestfirðir) from the Snæfellsnes peninsula to the south. Breiðafjörðu ...

** Fjords on northern

Snæfellsnes The Snæfellsnes () is a peninsula situated to the west of Borgarfjörður, in western Iceland. The Snæfellsjökull volcano, regarded as one of the symbols of Iceland, can be found in the area. With its height of 1446 m, it is the highest ...

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Dalasýsla Dalasýsla () was one of the pre-1988 traditional Counties of Iceland, located in the Western Region of the country. Its only town is Búðardalur. The county had a rich history dating back to the first settlers of Iceland. Leif Erikson grew ...

("Dalir"): *** Grundarfjörður *** Kolgrafafjörður *** Hraunsfjörður *** Vigrafjörður *** Álftafjörður *** Hvammsfjörður ** Fjords in Barðaströnd: *** Gilsfjörður *** Króksfjörður *** Berufjörður *** Þorskafjörður **** Djúpifjörður **** Gufufjörður *** Kollafjörður *** Kvígindisfjörður *** Skálmarfjörður **** Vattarfjörður *** Kerlingarfjörður **** Mjóifjörður *** Kjálkafjörður *** Vatnsfjörður

Westfjords

* Patreksfjörður *

Tálknafjörður Tálknafjörður () is a fjord located in southern Westfjords between Patreksfjörður and Bildudalur in Iceland. The term is also used for the immediate village and municipality. In January 2011, the municipality had 306 inhabitants, of whom 2 ...

* Arnarfjörður ** Suðurfirðir *** Fossfjörður *** Reykjarfjörður *** Trostansfjörður *** Geirþjófsfjörður ** Borgarfjörður * Dýrafjörður * Önundarfjörður * Súgandafjörður *

Ísafjarðardjúp Ísafjarðardjúp () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Its name translates to ''Depth of the fjord of sea ice''. Ísafjörður, capital of the Westfjords region, is situated close to the mouth of Ísafjarðardjúp in Skutul ...

** Skutulsfjörður ** Álftafjörður ** Seyðisfjörður ** Hestfjörður ** Skötufjörður ** Mjóifjörður ** Vatnsfjörður ** Reykjarfjörður **

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

** Kaldalón ** Jökulfirðir *** Leirufjörður *** Hrafnsfjörður *** Lónafjörður *** Veiðileysufjörður *** Hesteyrarfjörður * Furufjörður * Þaralátursfjörður * Reykjarfjörður nyrðri * Bjarnarfjörður nyrðri * Eyvindarfjörður * Ófeigsfjörður * Ingólfsfjörður * Norðurfjörður * Reykjarfjörður (Ströndum) * Veiðileysufjörður (Ströndum)

Northwestern region

* Bjarnarfjörður * Steingrímsfjörður * Kollafjörður * Bitrufjörður * Hrútafjörður * Miðfjörður * Húnafjörður * Skagafjörður * Siglufjörður * Héðinsfjörður * Ólafsfjörður

Northeastern region

* Eyjafjörður * Þorgeirsfjörður * Hvalvatnsfjörður * Skjálfandi * Öxarfjörður * Þistilfjörður ** Lónafjörður * Bakkaflói ** Finnafjörður ** Miðfjörður ** Bakkafjörður * Vopnafjörður ** Nýpsfjörður * Héraðsflói

Eastern fjords

* Borgarfjörður Eystri * Loðmundarfjörður * Seyðisfjörður * Mjóifjörður * Norðfjarðarflói ** Norðfjörður ** Hellisfjörður ** Viðfjörður * Reyðarfjörður ** Eskifjörður * Fáskrúðsfjörður * Stöðvarfjörður * Berufjörður * Hamarsfjörður * Álftafjörður * Lónsfjörður * Papafjörður * Skarðsfjörður * Hornafjörður

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