Skjálfandi
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right|thumb|Whale watching ships in Skjálfandi right|thumb|Location of Skjálfandi in Iceland Skjálfandi (; also known as Skjálfandaflói ) is a bay in northern Iceland, with some of the characteristics of a fjord. The Icelandic word Skjálfandi literally translates to trembling which may refer to earthquakes in the area.
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right|thumb|Whale watching ships in Skjálfandi right|thumb|Location of Skjálfandi in Iceland Skjálfandi (; also known as Skjálfandaflói ) is a bay in northern Iceland, with some of the characteristics of a fjord. The Icelandic word Skjálfandi literally translates to trembling which may refer to earthquakes in the area.
The bay, originally created by glacial activity, has two major rivers flowing into it: Skjálfandafljót, which is a glacier river, and Laxá, which is a freshwater river. The river Laxá ("Salmon River") is famous for its salmon and part of the river is protected by the Ramsar Convention.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skjálfandi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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