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Ísafjarðardjúp
Ísafjarðardjúp () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Its name translates to ''Depth of the fjord of sea ice''. Originally named simply Ísafjörður, the semantic run around happened through the -Deep meaning the inner parts of the fjord being reapplied throughout the innsea. It has even been suggested that this is nonsensical and should be reversed. The fjord was named simultaneously with the island by Raven-Floke as he viewed it from a mountain from the south. Ísafjörður, capital of the Westfjords region, is situated close to the mouth of Ísafjarðardjúp in Skutulsfjörður. Other major settlements in Ísafjarðardjúp are Bolungarvík, Hnífsdalur and Súðavík. The north-eastern coast is fairly straight with the only inlet being Kaldalón, but the southern side has fjords extending well into the land: Skutulsfjörður, Álftafjörður, Seyðisfjörður (Djúp), Seyðisfjörður, Hestfjörður, Skötufjörður, Mjóifjörður (Djúp), Mjóifjör ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æðey
Æðey (; Eider Island) is an island located in the Westfjords region of Iceland. A höfuðból was built in the 19th century with a farm, with descendants of the family going to the house in the summer to maintain the farm. Other structures include a lighthouse and a weather station owned by the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The island is home to multiple species of birds such as the common eider, with its feathers being harvest by the family that resides on the island. Mammals such as sheep can be found on the island though are often shipped to the mainland to not disturb the eider and puffin population. Geography Æðey is the biggest of the four islands located on the biggest bay of the Westfjords, being located in Ísafjarðardjúp. The island is separated by of water away from Ísafjörður. It is long and wide, with it's highest point being above sea level. The island is vegetated. History In 1615, some Basque whalers were whaling and had crashed in Strandir. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigur
Vigur () is the second largest island of the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord in Westfjords, Iceland. Located just south of the Arctic Circle, the island is around in length and in width. The island is most noted for its thriving seabird colonies (particularly Atlantic puffins), traditional eiderdown production, and historical buildings. The two-story Viktoriuhús, built in 1860, is one of the oldest timber buildings in Iceland and is part of the Historical Buildings Collection of the Þjóðminjasafn Íslands. Iceland's oldest seaworthy boat, Vigurbreiður, is also on Vigur. Today, only a single farm remains on Vigur. In the seventeenth century, this farm was the home of Magnús Jónsson í Vigur, Magnús Jónsson, a wealthy man who collected and commissioned manuscripts. The first reference to Vigur in the written record is from 1194, but it may well have been mentioned earlier under a different name. A windmill, built around 1840, is also located on the island. It is the only extant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgarey
Borgarey () is a small, uninhabited island in the Westfjords in the north-west of Iceland. It is the innermost and smallest island of Ísafjarðardjúp, smaller than both Æðey and Vigur. Human settlement is limited, inter alia, by the lack of fresh water. The island is the property of the church in Vatnsfjörður; thus since there is no separation of church and state, it is public property. Nobody lives on the island, but in summer the owners sail over to it and collect eiderdown. The area is very approximately 200 acres or 80 hectares. The ''-ey'' signifies a small island, while ''-Borgar'' is the genitive singular of ''Borg'' (cognate In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ... to ''Burg'' etc.) which originally signified a hill. (Medieval forts tended to be built on hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ísafjörður (fjord)
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 which meets the waters of the larger fjord Ísafjarðardjúp. With a population of about 2,600, Ísafjörður is the largest settlement in the peninsula of Vestfirðir (Westfjords) and the administration centre of the Ísafjarðarbær municipality, which includes—besides Ísafjörður—the nearby villages of Hnífsdalur, Flateyri, Suðureyri, and Þingeyri. History According to the Landnámabók (the book of settlement), Skutulsfjörður was first settled by Helgi Magri Hrólfsson in the 9th century. In the 16th century, the town grew as it became a trading post for foreign merchants. Witch trials were common around the same time throughout the Westfjords, and many people were banished to the nearby peninsula of Hornstrandir, now a nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arngerðareyri
Arngerðareyri () is a location at the mouth of the fjord of Ísafjörður at the bottom of Ísafjarðardjúp in the Westfjords of Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ... and the former place of farm and trading post. History Trading began in Arngerðareyri around 1884, owned by Ásgeirsverslun, a major merchant in Ísafjörður, and managed by Ásgeir Guðmundsson, a farmer in Arngerðareyri. During the 20th century, the ferry ''Fagranes'' sailed from Arngerðareyri to Ísafjörður while there were no or bad roads around Ísafjörður. Kastalinn The former farm house that still stands is a stately stone house in the style of a castle, and is commonly known as ''Kastalinn''. It was originally built for Sigurð Þórðarson, the trading company manager of the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjanes (Djúp)
Reykjanes () is a small headland on the south-western end of the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, giving the main peninsula its name. Volcanic action is responsible for forming the entire peninsula. The nearest town is Keflavik. The name, , translates to "smoking point,” , and . It is named this due to the continuing volcanic activity of the Reykjanes volcanic belt; there are also many other uses of this name in Iceland, e.g. the Reykjanes Peninsula or Reykjanes in Ísafjarðardjúp. Geography The region is about to the south of Iceland's international airport. It is about and includes the Reykjanes volcanic system that extends in a linear fashion up its centre continuing to the north-east as the hill of Sýrfell at high. Other volcanic systems of the Reykjanes volcanic belt could affect the Reykjanes region and have erupted as recently as April 2025. Other hills associated with the system are Skálafell (Grindavíkurbær) with a height of in the south-west near the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolungarvík
Bolungarvík (, regionally also ) is a small town and the only built-up area in the municipality of Bolungarvíkurkaupstaður in the northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula, approximately from the town of Ísafjörður and from the capital city Reykjavík. Bolungarvík is close to abundant fishing grounds and has been used as an outpost for fishing since the 17th century, making it one of the earliest in Iceland. The village was not accessible by road until 1950, and in 2010 the Bolungarvíkurgöng tunnel was opened under the Óshlíð mountain to bypass the old road, which was frequently subject to avalanches and rock falls. Tourist sites include the Ósvör Maritime Museum, featuring a restored 19th-century fishing hut, a natural history museum, which houses taxidermied animals including a polar bear and the biggest bird collection in Iceland, and an indoor swimming pool with outdoor hot tubs and a water slide. Skálavík bay can be reached by a gravel roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skutulsfjörður
Skutulsfjörður is the westernmost fjord branching off the major Icelandic fjord of Ísafjarðardjúp. The town of Ísafjörður is located in the fjord. Two main valleys enter from Skutulsfjörður, Engidalur and Tungudalur, separated by the mountain Kubbi. On the far north side of Engidalur is the Ísafjörður cemetery. The river Langá flows through Engidalur. In Tungudalur, the town's golf course and ski area. There is a golf course and ski area in Tungudal, but from it the Vestfjarðagöng tunnel is dug across to Botnsdalur in Súgandafjörður and Breiðdalur in Önundarfjörður. Dagverðardalur or Dögurðardalur, as it was named in Gísla saga, runs up from Tungudal, but from there the main road used to run south across Breiðadalur and Botnsheiði. Furthermore, Seljalandsdalur lies up from Skutulsfjörður, but it used to be the main ski area of Ísfjörður. The mountain located above the main part of the town is called Hlíðarfjall. About 4/5 up there is a shelf c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álftafjörður
The name Álftafjörður () is Icelandic language, Icelandic for "swan fjord", and there are some fjords by this name in Iceland. The best known of these are: *Álftafjörður (Westfjords). This fjord is located on the southern side of Ísafjarðardjúp, in the Vestfirðir region of north-western Iceland. A whaling station was built in 1883 at Langeyri on its western shore by two Norwegians named Lars Mons and Svend Foyn, and was used until whaling was prohibited in Iceland in 1915. The modern village of Súðavík is in the same area. *Álftafjörður (Snæfellsnes) is a southern branch of Breiðafjörður. *Álftafjörður (Eastfjords) is a fjord of the Eastfjords, East Fjords of Iceland between Höfn and Djúpivogur. Islands *Brimilsnes References {{Iceland-fjord-stub Fjords of Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
