Svarfaðardalur (, " Svörfuður's valley") is a large valley in central north

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 ...

. It is a part of the Dalvíkurbyggð municipality. The Svarfaðardalsá River flows down the valley, having its mouth near to the town of

Dalvík Dalvík () is the main village of the Icelandic municipality of Dalvíkurbyggð. Its population is approximately 1,400.

. About 10 km from the sea the valley splits in two. The eastern oneis called Skíðadalur and it keeps the main direction of the valley to the southwest, while the other one keeps the name Svarfaðardalur. Numerous small valleys branch off from the main valleys in between the mountains. There are small glaciers in many many of in these valleys. The largest glacier is Gljúfurárjökull, which is at the bottom of Skíðadal and overlooks the settlement. The mountains surrounding Svarfaðardalur are high and steep, with many peaks between 1000-1400 m high. The highest mountains are in Skíðdalur, the highest one is Dýjafjallshnjúkur, 1456 m.

References

*Hjörtur Eldjárn Þórarinsson. „Svarfaðardalur og gönguleiðir um fjöllin“. Árbók Ferðafélags Íslands. () (1973): 9–119. *Kristmundur Bjarnason. Saga Dalvíkur 1–4. Dalvíkurbær 1978-1985

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Valleys of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub