Dynjandisheiði () is a mountain pass in the

Westfjords The Westfjords or West Fjords ( is, Vestfirðir , ISO 3166-2:IS: IS-4) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative district, the least populous administrative district. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast ...

region of

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

that runs between

Arnarfjörður Arnarfjörður () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. "Arnar" is the genitive case of "Örn" , the name of the first settler of the fjord. Description The fjord is 30 km long, five to ten km wide, and is oriented NW/SE. I ...

and Barðaströnd. The road over the pass has a maximum elevation of . The road was built over the pass in 1959 and was the first car-accessible road to

Ísafjörður Ísafjörður (pronounced , meaning ''ice fjord'', literally ''fjord of ices'') is a town in the northwest of Iceland. The oldest part of Ísafjörður with the town centre is located on a spit of sand, or ''eyri'', in Skutulsfjörður, a fjord ...

and the first connection between Ísafjörður and Barðaströnd. The pass is flat and snowy compared to the region as a whole.

Proposed infrastructure

The

Icelandic Road Administration The Road and Coastal Administration ( ) is a state run institution in Iceland whose purpose is to construct and maintain roads and infrastructure (land and sea) in rural areas and between urban areas. Formerly belonging to the Ministry of the Inte ...

has plans for a tunnel under Dynjandisheiði that would be in length. There have also been proposals to build a second road over the pass.

External links

Vegur um Dynjandisheiði
(in Icelandic)

References

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