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in the

Westfjords The Westfjords or West Fjords (, ) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of I ...

region of

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of "" (), the name of the first settler of the fjord.

Description

The fjord is long and wide, and is oriented NW/SE. It branches into two main bays, each containing a few

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. They are Borgarfjörður to the east and Suðurfirðir to the south. The largest settlement on the fjord is the small village of Bíldudalur. Lowland strips along the bay are very limited, with mountain slopes falling steeply into the sea in most places. The

' highest mountain, Kaldbakur, is also located between and the neighboring Dýrafjörður, a parallel fjord to the north-east.

Legends

According to folklore, the fjord is said to house the most sea monsters of all the country's fjords, and to have many sorcerers.

References

External links

Arnarfjordur - West fjords
Fjords of Iceland Westfjords {{Iceland-fjord-stub