Álftafjörður
Sign in to savethumb|Álftafjörður (Westfjords) with the fishing village of Súðavík. thumb|Álftafjörður (Snæfellsnes) thumb| Álftafjörður (Eastfjords) The name Álftafjörður () is Icelandic for "swan fjord", and there are some fjords by this name in Iceland. The best known of these are: Álftafjörður (Westfjords). This fjord is located on the southern side of Ísafjarðardjúp, in the Vestfirðir region of north-western Iceland. A whaling station was built in 1883 at Langeyri on its western shore by two Norwegians named Lars Mons and Svend Foyn, and was used until whaling was prohibited in Iceland in 1915. The mode
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The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Fjords of Iceland.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- fjord
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Westfjords
- Image
- Road 61, Iceland (Aug. 2022) 29.jpg
- Length
- 10
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- Álftafjörður (Westfjords)
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- Álftafjörður
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- Islands
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thumb|Álftafjörður (Westfjords) with the fishing village of Súðavík. thumb|Álftafjörður (Snæfellsnes) thumb| Álftafjörður (Eastfjords) The name Álftafjörður () is Icelandic for "swan fjord", and there are some fjords by this name in Iceland. The best known of these are: Álftafjörður (Westfjords). This fjord is located on the southern side of Ísafjarðardjúp, in the Vestfirðir region of north-western Iceland. A whaling station was built in 1883 at Langeyri on its western shore by two Norwegians named Lars Mons and Svend Foyn, and was used until whaling was prohibited in Iceland in 1915. The modern village of Súðavík is in the same area. Álftafjörður (Snæfellsnes) is a southern branch of Breiðafjörður. Álftafjörður (Eastfjords) is a fjord of the East Fjords of Iceland between Höfn and Djúpivogur.
==Islands== Brimilsnes
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Álftafjörður” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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