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Arnarfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈa(r)tnarˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. "Arnar" is the genitive case of "Örn" ([ˈœ(r)tn̥]), the name of the first settler of the fjord.
Fáskrúðsfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈfauːˌskruðsˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ; previously named also Búðir [1] [ˈpuːðɪr̥]) is a village (þorp) in eastern Iceland. It has a population of 662 (as of 2011) and constitutes one of the villages composing the municipality of Fjarðabyggð.
Hvalfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰvalˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ, "whale fjord") is situated in the west of Iceland between Mosfellsbær and Akranes. The fjord is approximately 30 kilometres (19 miles) long and 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) wide. A portrait of the legend of the valley of Glymur with the "Rauðhöfði"
Turnhúsið (built 1784), Krambúð (built 1757) and Tjöruhúsið (built 1781) in Neðstikaupstaður in Ísafjörður. Ísafjörður (pronounced [ˈiːsaˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ, meaning ice fjord, literally fjord of ices) is a town in the northwest of Iceland.
In the Danish language some inlets are called a fjord, but are, according to the English language definition, technically not a fjord, such as Roskilde Fjord. Limfjord in English terminology is a sound, since it separates the North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy) from the rest of Jutland. However, the Limfjord once was a fjord until the sea ...
Grundarfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrʏntarˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a town in the north of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in the west of Iceland. It is situated between a mountain range and the sea. The nearby mountain Kirkjufell forms a small peninsula.
Seyðisfjörður (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈseiːðɪsˌfjœrðʏr̥] ⓘ) is a town in the Eastern Region of Iceland at the innermost point of the fjord of the same name. The town is located in the municipality of Múlaþing.
Faxaflói. Stakksfjörður; Hafnarfjörður; Skerjafjörður; Kollafjörður; Hvalfjörður; Borgarfjörður; Haffjörður; Breiðafjörður. Fjords on northern ...