Þorskafjörður
Þorskafjörður is a roughly sixteen-kilometre-long fjord in the
Geography
Þorskfjörður lies between headlands called Reykjanes and Skálanes. Like other fjords in its area, Þorskafjörður is shallow; its innermost shore is formed of clay. Two short and shallow fjords branch off Þorskafjörður: Djúpifjörður and Gufufjörður. The average flood height in Þorskafjörður is 3.60m and the highest measured flood height is 5.66m.
From the bottom of Þorskafjörður,
In 2021, work began to bridge the fjord, then due to be completed in 2024. The work is part of the extension of Vestfjarðarvegur into Gufudalsveit.[1]
History
The fjord is the setting of much of the medieval
Inhabited farms
- Hofstaðir
- Kinnarstaðir
Deserted farms
- Laugaland
- Gröf
- Þórisstaðir
- Múli
- Kollabúðir
- Skógar
References
- ^ Áætlað að þverun Þf. hefjist innan skamms Rúv, skoðað 23/3 2021
External links
65°33′33″N 22°10′10″W / 65.55917°N 22.16944°W
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