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Bakkafjordur
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Bakkafjordur Iceland
Bakkafjordur is a wide inlet in east Iceland. On its eastern shore is the village Hofn (Harbour), which is more commonly associated with the inlet and called simply Bakkafjordur. The village is the regional service center for Skeggjastadahreppur district.
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Borgarfjordur east
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Borgarfjordur east Iceland
Borgarfjörður eystri (the fjord named Borgarfjörður in East Iceland) lies about 70 km by road from Egilsstaðir. The village is named Bakkagerði and the fjord's population is slightly under 150.
The vicinity of Borgarfjörður |
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Breiddalsvik
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Breiddalsvik Iceland
The village is placed by a small bay, Breiðdalsvík, and has around 220 residents. The main industries are fishing and commerce. Many islands, full of sea birds and seals, are near by, and in the summer there are scheduled boat tours to the islands. Good fishing |
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Djupivogur
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Djupivogur Iceland
Djúpivogur, a town with history of trading since 1589 and a long history of fishing, lies in a region of incomparable natural beauty.
Langa-Búð, the oldest house in Djúpivogur, is made of logs and was originally built in 1790. Langa- B |
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Egilsstadir
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Egilsstadir Iceland
Fljótsdalshérað - a prime choice
The municipality of Fljótsdalshérað was created on 1 November 2004, through the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Austur-Hérað, Fellahreppur and Norður-Hérað. With about 3, |
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Eskifjordur
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Eskifjordur Iceland
Looking back, Eskifjörður has the second oldest tradition as a trading post in East Iceland (after Djúpivogur), having received its certification at the same time as Reykjavík, when the Danish monopoly in Iceland was relaxed in 1786.
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Faskrudsfjordur
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Faskrudsfjordur Iceland
The village is by the fjord Fáskrúðsfjörður and has about 630 residents. The main industry is fishing.
Fáskrúðsfjörður is a former base for French fishermen, and boasts of a French museum, French street names, and a |
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Fellabaer
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Fellabaer Iceland
Fellabaer is a village, on the west bank of the river Lagarfljot.
Fellabaer has been growing around the Ekkjufell farm over the past few decades. In the past years a ferry crossed the river and docked at this point, as indicated by names such as Ferry Rocks and Ferry Cliff |
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Hofn in Hornafjordur
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Hofn I Hornafirdi Iceland
Scenic viewpoint of Almannaskarð
Between Lón and the town Höfn, the road lies over the mountain pass, Almannaskarð. There one enjoys a panoramic scenary of Hornafjörður, Vatnajökull and its side glaciers and mountains.
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Mjoifjordur
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Mjoifjordur Iceland
Mjoifjordur fjord is 18 km long and 2 km wide.
Previously, there were quite a lot of people there, mostly stationed around herring and whale fishing.
A very beautiful fjord and quite popular with tourists for its unspoilt nature.
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Neskaupstadur
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Neskaupstadur Iceland
Besides the museum, considerable scientific and cultural endeavour appears in this town, including a testing facility for the fishing industry, an institution for studying the environment, a secondary school, a major music club, a weekly area newspaper and the regional h |
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Reydarfjordur
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Reydarfjordur Iceland
Huge quantities of loose gravel, eroded from the mountains to the north and carried here by the glacial rivers of that time, over ten millenia ago, were distributed by sea waves, since the ocean reached higher then, and afterwards left as high, flattened terraces.
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Seydisfjordur
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Seydisfjordur Iceland
The long, calm, deep fjord of Seyðisfjörður twists and turns 17 kilometres from its mouth to the head of the fjord, where the town of the same name shelters beneath Mt. Strandartindur and Mt. Bjolfur. In the valley above the town, the river Fjardara casc |
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Stodvarfjordur
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Stodvarfjordur Iceland
A small village by the fjord Stöðvarfjörður (population 257), largely formed in the early 20th century. Near the village there are a lot of very beautiful and rare stones, and one of the residents, Petra Sveinsdóttir, has established a muse |
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Vopnafjordur
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Vopnafjordur Iceland
Vopnafjörður is a wide fjord, extending from Digranes to Kollumúli. On the south side of the fjord is a mountain range, with Krossavíkurfjöll most prominent at 1,079 meters high. In the area to the north, several mountains dominate the landscape, |
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