Borgarfjörður
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right|thumb|200px|Borgarfjörður seen from Borgarnes, November 2007. right|thumb|200px|Borgarfjörður seen from Stóri-Kroppur Borgarfjörður () is a fjord in the west of Iceland near the town of Borgarnes. Although the waters of Borgarfjörður appear calm, the fjord has significant undercurrents and shallows. The many flat islands lying in the fjord are for the most part uninhabited.
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right|thumb|200px|Borgarfjörður seen from Borgarnes, November 2007. right|thumb|200px|Borgarfjörður seen from Stóri-Kroppur Borgarfjörður () is a fjord in the west of Iceland near the town of Borgarnes. Although the waters of Borgarfjörður appear calm, the fjord has significant undercurrents and shallows. The many flat islands lying in the fjord are for the most part uninhabited.
Near Borgarnes, the hringvegur (road no.1 or "ring road") passes over Borgarfjarðarbrú, a bridge of 0.5 km in length at the inland portion of the fjord.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Borgarfjörður” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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