Borgarsveit is a district in

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. Ther ...

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, located a little farther in on the western head of the fjord, spanning from the western mouth of the

Héraðsvötn Héraðsvötn (), whose name is often shortened to Vötn or Vötnin (and was called Jökulsá in previous centuries) is a glacier river in Iceland. It is formed by the confluence of Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá. The Héraðsvötn is ...

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Re ...

, and up to the southern end of the farm Gil, where Staðarsveit begins. There is a sandy beach by the ocean called Borgarsandur, and the area is now largely overgrown with vegetation. The

Sauðárkrókur Airport Sauðárkrókur Airport is an airport serving Sauðárkrókur, a village on the Skagafjörður bay in northern Iceland. The Hegranes non-directional beacon (Ident: HE) is 1.8 nautical miles northeast of the airport. Airlines and destinations Wi ...

is also located in Borgarsveit. The area is named after the church site Sjávarborg, which is situated on a rocky hill in the middle of a plain a short way from Borgarsandur. To the west is the lake Áshildarholtsvatn, and at the end of that is a hot spring from which Hitaveita Sauðárkróks, the Sauðárkrókur heating utility, draws power. The mountain over this area is called Molduxi. Borgarsveit previously belonged to

Skarðshreppur Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain. Skarðshreppur and Sauð� ...

, but is now a part of Skagafjörður County.

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