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Grafará
river is a spring creek in Höfðaströnd named after the farm Gröf in Skagafjörður, Iceland. The river runs along the bottom of Deildardalur valley, where it is called ( river), then continues between Óslandshlíð and Höfðaströnd near and to the sea in Grafarós, directly south of Hofsós. There is some fishing in the river, especially for arctic char, but both brown trout and salmon Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native ... have been found there. References {{Authority control Skagafjörður Rivers of Iceland Iceland geography stubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grafarós
Grafarós in Höfðaströnd, just south of Hofsós, is the estuary of the Grafará river in Skagafjörður, 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 .... Ships would sometimes dock there and a market was established there in 1835, but it fell into disuse in 1915. It is possible to see the remains of the market and residences there, which are protected sites. References {{Authority control Skagafjörður Bodies of water of Iceland Iceland geography stubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deildardalur
Deildardalur is a valley in on the eastern side of Skagafjörður, Iceland, leading up from Höfðaströnd to the southeast behind mountains of Óslandshlíð. A little farther into the area, it divides in two: Seljadalur (also called Austurdalur), and Vesturdalur. Sharply wedged between them is Tungufjall mountain. The river , called Grafará river is a spring creek in Höfðaströnd named after the farm Gröf in Skagafjörður, Iceland. The river runs along the bottom of Deildardalur valley, where it is called ( river), then continues between Óslandshlíð and Höfðaströn ... further down, runs through the valley. glacier is on the valley floor. There are a few farms in the valley. A new corral was put in use in Deilardalur as of September 2007, and the valley has quite a lot of pasture land for summer grazing in and up to . References Valleys of Iceland Skagafjörður {{Iceland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Iceland
On an island like Iceland, the rivers are short in length. None of the rivers are important as a means of navigation due to the impracticality of settlements in the Highlands of Iceland where they originate. South * Hvítá * Krossá *Kúðafljót * Markarfljót * Mustafl *Ölfusá (the Icelandic river with the greatest flow) * Rangá *Skaftá *Skeiðará * Skógá * Sog *Þjórsá (the longest river in Iceland, 230 km) *Tungnaá West *Fossá * Hvítá * Kjarrá–Thervá * Norðurá Westfjords * Dynjandi * Kolbeinsá * Staðará North *Blanda * Eyjafjarðará * Eystri Jökulsá * Fnjóská * Glerá * Grafará * Gönguskarðsá * Heiðará *Héraðsvötn * Hjaltadalsá * Hofsá (Skagafjörður) * Hofsá (Vesturdalur) * Hörgá *Jökulsá á Fjöllum * Kolka (Kolbeinsdalsá) * Laxá * Norðurá * Sauðá *Skjálfandafljót * Svartá * Sæmundará * Vatnsdalsá East * Hamarsá * Hofsá *Jökulsá á Dal * Jökulsá í Fljótsdal *Jökulsá í Lóni *Lagarflj� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. There are two municipalities in the area, Skagafjörður Municipality (approx. 4140 inhabitants) and Akrahreppur, Akrahreppur Municipality (approx. 210 inhabitants). This is one of Iceland's most prosperous agricultural regions, with widespread dairy and sheep farming in addition to the horse breeding for which the district is famed. Skagafjörður is the only county in Iceland where horses outnumber people. It is a centre for agriculture, and some fisheries are also based in the settlements of Sauðárkrókur and Hofsós. The people living in Skagafjörður have a reputation for choir singing, horsemanship, and gatherings. There are three islands in the bay: Málmey, Drangey and Lundey, Skagafjörður, Lundey (Puffin Island). The bay is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Höfðaströnd
is a region on the coast around Hofsós on the eastern side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. Its southernmost farm is Gröf, and the closest to the sea is Höfði. The region is named after Þórðarhöfði, which is a predominant feature of the landscape. Within is Höfðavatn, 's biggest lake, which is actually a coastal lagoon. History There has long been a considerable amount of fishing based out of , both from and from in Bær in , where there were workman's cottages. People there lived on fishing and fowling in Drangey, in addition to certain lichens. The area's general store was in in since 1600, when Kolkuós's port facilities deteriorated dramatically, and up until the end of the 19th century, when Sauðárkrókur became 's principal commercial area. There were also shops in Grafarós from around 1840 until 1915. was previously a part of Hofshreppur but has belonged to Skagafjörður County since the area's hreppurs unified. There are two church sites in , H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gröf á Höfðaströnd
( in ) is the innermost town in Höfðaströnd on the eastern side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. History The hymn writer Hallgrímur Pétursson was born there in 1614. In the 17th century, took on the role of the residence for bishops' widows; one of the widows who lived there the longest was Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir, widow of Bishop Gísli Þorláksson. Gísli, who died in 1684, was likely the one who had the church or chapel, which still stands in , built (or rebuilt) from the old church building. There has continuously been a Catholic chapel in , including into the Reformation. Church 's church is among the smallest and is the oldest in the country, according to its foundation, and it is the only stave church. 's leading craftsman in the 17th century Guðmundur Guðmundsson í Bjarnastaðahlíð in Vesturdalur valley, who made the baptismal font in the Hólar Cathedral, is considered to have adorned the church and was possibly one of the builders. The church was dismantle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hofsós
Hofsós () is one of the oldest trading ports in northern Iceland dating back to the 16th century. The tiny village Hofsós in the Northern Region in Iceland was a rather busy trading post in the 17th and 18th century, but despite the merchant activities this small village did not develop into a larger village or a town in the 20th century. Hofsós had all the historical prerequisites to become a large town. It was a trading post for the Danish Trade Monopoly, it was not far away from the fishing grounds, it was central in the region, and it had a relatively good landing spot for boats. The Drangey Exhibition is in Pakkhús, the Hofsós warehouse built in 1777, during the time of the trading monopoly. Massacre hill farm (''Mannskaðaholl'') at the south end of Lake Höfðavatn, is named for the massacre of English marauders, which took place there in 1431. Other services offered are accommodation in guesthouses, a restaurant, coffee-house, and a camping site. There are also pleas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic Char
The Arctic char or Arctic charr (''Salvelinus alpinus'') is a cold-water fish in the family Salmonidae, native to alpine lakes, as well as Arctic and subarctic coastal waters in the Holarctic realm, Holarctic. Distribution and habitat It Spawn (biology), spawns in freshwater and its populations can be lacustrine, riverine, or anadromous, where they return from the ocean to their fresh water birth rivers to spawn. No other freshwater fish is found as far north; it is, for instance, the only fish species in Lake Hazen, which extends up to on Ellesmere Island in the Northern Canada, Canadian Arctic. It is one of the rarest fish species in Great Britain and Ireland, found mainly in deep, cold, glacial lakes, and is at risk there from acidification. In other parts of its range, such as the Nordic countries, it is much more common, and is fishery, fished extensively. In Siberia, it is known as ''golets'' () and it has been introduced in lakes where it sometimes threatens less hardy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown Trout
The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus ''Salmo'', endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally as a game fish, even becoming one of the world's worst invasive species outside of its native range. Brown trout are highly adaptable and have evolved numerous ecotypes/subspecies. These include three main ecotypes: a riverine ecotype called river trout or ''Salmo trutta'' morpha ''fario''; a lacustrine ecotype or ''S. trutta'' morpha ''lacustris'', also called the lake trout (not to be confused with the lake trout in North America); and anadromous populations known as the sea trout or ''S. trutta'' morpha ''trutta'', which upon adulthood migrate downstream to the oceans for much of its life and only returns to fresh water to spawn in the gravel beds of headstreams. Sea trout in Ireland and Great Britain have many regional names: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon
Salmon (; : salmon) are any of several list of commercially important fish species, commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family (biology), family Salmonidae, native to tributary, tributaries of the North Atlantic (''Salmo'') and North Pacific (''Oncorhynchus'') basins. ''Salmon'' is a colloquial or common name used for fish in this group, but is not a scientific name. Other closely related fish in the same family include trout, Salvelinus, char, Thymallus, grayling, Freshwater whitefish, whitefish, lenok and Hucho, taimen, all coldwater fish of the subarctic and cooler temperate regions with some sporadic endorheic populations in Central Asia. Salmon are typically fish migration, anadromous: they hatch in the shallow gravel stream bed, beds of freshwater headstreams and spend their juvenile fish, juvenile years in rivers, lakes and freshwater wetlands, migrate to the ocean as adults and live like sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
