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ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur Airport Control Tower
ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjﾃｶrﾃｰur, a fjord which meets the waters of the larger fjord ﾃ行afjarﾃｰardjﾃｺp. With a population of about 2,600, ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur is the largest settlement in the peninsula of Vestfirﾃｰir (Westfjords) and the administration centre of the ﾃ行afjarﾃｰarbﾃｦr municipality, which includes窶巴esides ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur窶杯he nearby villages of Hnﾃｭfsdalur, Flateyri, Suﾃｰureyri, and ﾃ枴ngeyri. History According to the Landnﾃ｡mabﾃｳk (the book of settlement), Skutulsfjﾃｶrﾃｰur was first settled by Helgi Magri Hrﾃｳlfsson 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] [Amazon] |
ﾃ行afjarﾃｰardjﾃｺp
ﾃ行afjarﾃｰardjﾃｺp () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Its name translates to ''Depth of the fjord of sea ice''. Originally named simply ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur, 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. ﾃ行afjﾃｶrﾃｰur, capital of the Westfjords region, is situated close to the mouth of ﾃ行afjarﾃｰardjﾃｺp in Skutulsfjﾃｶrﾃｰur. Other major settlements in ﾃ行afjarﾃｰardjﾃｺp are Bolungarvﾃｭk, Hnﾃｭfsdalur and Sﾃｺﾃｰavﾃｭk. The north-eastern coast is fairly straight with the only inlet being Kaldalﾃｳn, but the southern side has fjords extending well into the land: Skutulsfjﾃｶrﾃｰur, ﾃ〕ftafjﾃｶrﾃｰur, Seyﾃｰisfjﾃｶrﾃｰur (Djﾃｺp), Seyﾃｰisfjﾃｶrﾃｰur, Hestfjﾃｶrﾃｰur, Skﾃｶtufjﾃｶrﾃｰur, Mjﾃｳifjﾃｶrﾃｰur (Djﾃｺp), Mjﾃｳifjﾃｶrﾃ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hornstrandir
Hornstrandir () is Iceland's northernmost peninsula, covering at the northern end of the Westfjords, to the north of the Jﾃｶkulfirﾃｰir and to the northwest of Drangajﾃｶkull glacier. Ecosystem The area covers of tundra, fjord, glacier and alpine land with rich but fragile vegetation, and protected as Hornstrandir Nature Reserve since 1975, under some of the strictest preservation rules in Iceland. The area's nature thrived as very few people resided there. In the 1950s, the handful of its residents who were based on agricultural livelihood left. However, decades later, some of their descendants returned and rebuilt their old houses, and much of the land is privately owned. Jﾃｶkulfirﾃｰir, meaning Glacier Fjords, is the formation of five fjords and bays, four of which consist the entire southern land and most twisted coastline of Hornstrandir while the fifth (Leirufjﾃｶrﾃｰur) lies just south of the peninsula. From west to east, the four fjords consisting the south shore are Heste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
