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Fljót
Fljót is the northernmost district on the east side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It is divided into Eastern and Western and extends from river in the west to the county's border with Eyjafjörður county in the east. In the north of , the boundary between the counties lies on . Geography Flókadalur valley and Bakkar are sometimes considered part of because they were a part of the former municipality Fljótahreppur. However, "" most often only refers to the wide valley leading off of Haganesvík and the area heading north along Miklavatn lake, up to Hraun, which is the northernmost farm in and, therefore, in all of Skagafjörður county. The area east of lake to Haganes peninsula, and then along Miklavatn's southern shore is often called a single name: Western . Eastern is from there to the northeast, and includes the inner parts of valley, within , called Stífla. is grassy and snowy and it has a rather large reservoir, Miklavatn. There are a number of other l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fljótahreppur
Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was split into Haganeshreppur and Holtshreppur in 1898 (or possibly 1899) but they were reunited under the same name on April 1, 1988. On June 6, 1988, Fljótahreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur Rípurhreuppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the middle of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, named after the Ríp church site in Hegranes. On June 6, 1998, Rípurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörðu ..., Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, and Hofshreppur. Hreppur council The last Fljótahreppur council was elected in the hreppur committee e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hraun (Fljót)
Hraun is the outermost farm in the Fljót district of eastern Skagafjörður, Iceland. The outermost farm in western Skagafjörður county, on the tip of the Skagi peninsula is also called Hraun, which is Icelandic for "lava," but its name is in the singular, while the Hraun in Fljót is plural (note: is the same in both the singular and plural in two of Icelandic's four grammatical cases). The farm is at a similar northern latitude, but the Hraun on the Skagi peninsula is a little more north. Geography From Hraun, there are good views of Fljót and Skagafjörður. The farm is on a slope overlooking Miklavatn lake and a long isthmus called between the lake and the sea from which people used to fish. There is an inlet called north of where a polar bear turned up on and was killed in 1870. The major road to Siglufjörður went, and still goes, by Hraun—previously up Hraunadalur valley through Siglufjarðarskarð—but now through Alemenningar road and Strákagöng tunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miklavatn (Fljót)
Miklavatn is a lake in Fljót in Skagafjörður, Iceland. It is the second biggest lake in the region at 7.4 square kilometers. The isthmus separates it from the sea, but the runoff from the lake flows through the estuary. The lake was originally a fjord but as the isthmus formed, it closed the fjord off, turning it into a lake. The lake offers a lot of trout fishing. Because water from the ocean often flows into the lake, it is saltier at the bottom, so various salt-water fish are also caught there. The river flows into Miklavatn from lake, and some smaller rivers flow into the lake as well. In the early 20th century, there was some discussion around building a navigable canal through and establishing an ocean liner harbor in Miklavatn, but these plans fell through. In the 1940s, sea planes that went searching for herring Herring are various species of forage fish, belonging to the Order (biology), order Clupeiformes. Herring often move in large Shoaling and schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haganesvík
is a group of villages, and formerly a small market town, in the Fljót district of Skagafjörður, Iceland. History In centuries past, was a popular fishing area, not the least for shark, and there were also workman's cottages there for a long time. In 1897, became a licensed trading post and, in 1901, , a farmer from Hraun, relocated his shop there after working out of Hraun since 1879. He later became the manager of the trading company. The owners of multiple shops merged their businesses and ran the market collectively until 1922. From 1919 onward, a cooperative, (the Fljót Co-op), which operated in , ran the market until the 1970s. The Fljót co-op later merged with , the Skagafjörður Co-op, which ran the market from then on. also had a slaughterhouse and a freezing facility. The harbor used to be precarious because it was open to the ocean, but a concrete dock was built in 1951. The dock was subsequently destroyed in a terrible storm. For a long time, small fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barð
Barð is a farm and church site in Fljót in Skagafjörður, Iceland. Overlooking the farm is a striking mountain named (sometimes called ) with a steep ridge that faces the ocean. was a large farm with many smallholdings where a noble family, the clan, lived in centuries past. The church there served as a rectory, but it was decommissioned in 1970 and was then served by a priest from Hofsós. The current church at was built in 1889 and it is a protected site. There is geothermal heat at and old texts mention a or warm spring where, for example, a priest was killed in 1252. Later on, a swimming pool was built there and later still, a boarding school called by the pool. There is now a branch of the primary school there. One of 's notable inhabitants was Jón Norðmann (1820–1877) who wrote the manuscript , which is preserved in the National and University Library of Iceland ( Icelandic: ; English: ''The National and University Library of Iceland'') is the nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stífla
Stífla is an area of the Fljót district in Skagafjörður, Iceland, in the interior of valley. The name originally referred to the group of hills that cuts directly across the valley and was called either or , but the name later came to refer to the area between the hills. It was previously a flat, grassy area and beautiful valley, and there were a good many farms. The river ran through the area, but past its name changes to . Around 1940, it was decided to create a hydroelectric power station in Siglufjörður Siglufjörður () is a small fishing town in a narrow fjord with the same name on the northern coast of Iceland. The population in 2011 was 1,206; the town has been shrinking in size since the 1950s when the town reached its peak of 3,000 inhabit ... that harnessed the river, and production began in 1942. A dam was built in the ravine in and the Skeiðsfoss power station officially started running in 1945. There was a lake among the hills, called , that became s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knappsstaðir
Knappsstaðir is an abandoned farm, church site, and former parsonage in Stífla, in the Fljót district of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was the homestead of Þórður knappur Bjarnarson and from Hóf in . The farm became abandoned in 1974. A 932-meter-tall mountain called overlooks the farm. church There has been a church at since early in Iceland's history where parish priests served. The salary for priests at was always considered to be on the lower side, moreover Stífla is a very snowy and inclement area, although the summers there were beautiful before the Skeiðsfoss power station was built and submerged part of the area under water. On June 12, 1838, the church was severely damaged in an earthquake. It was decided that a new church would be built, and it was consecrated in 1840. It is the oldest wooden church in the country and one of the smallest. The church building was, among other things, financed by the sale of the Guðbrand's Bible. The church has belon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skeiðsfoss Power Station
The Skeiðsfoss power station (Icelandic: ) is actually two hydroelectric power facilities in the Fljót district in Skagafjörður, Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi .... The first power station was activated on March 29, 1945 and expanded in 1954. Its energy output is 3,200 kW. The second power station, which is a ways downriver, next to the farm , was activated in 1976. Its energy output is 1,700 kW. Together, the two stations provide 4,900 kW. The stations were built by the power company (). The energy company Rafmagnsveitur ríkisins (RARIK) bought the power stations in 1991 and they are now owned by (Orkusalan, ltd.). References Skagafjörður Hydroelectric power stations in Iceland {{Authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svanborg Rannveig Jónsdóttir
Svanborg Rannveig Jónsdóttir (born 7 February 1953) professor in arts and creative work in the School of Education at the University of Iceland. Professional career Svanborg finished the national standard lower secondary school examination from Flensborg Upper Secondary School in Hafnarfjörður, her matriculation examination from Menntaskólinn við Tjörnina in 1973, and her Diploma in Education from Iceland University of Education in 1978. She completed a diploma in design and woodwork teaching from Iceland University of Education in 2001 and an MA in pedagogy from the University of Iceland's School of Social Sciences in 2005. Svanborg completed a PhD in Pedagogy and Educational Theory from the University of Iceland's School of Education in 2011. Her research focused on Innovation Education in Icelandic compulsory schools. The title of her dissertation is “The location of innovation education in Icelandic compulsory schools”. Teaching Svanborg worked as a primary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy is thermal energy extracted from the crust (geology), crust. It combines energy from the formation of the planet and from radioactive decay. Geothermal energy has been exploited as a source of heat and/or electric power for millennia. Geothermal heating, using water from hot springs, for example, has been used for bathing since Paleolithic times and for space heating since Roman times. Geothermal power (generation of electricity from geothermal energy), has been used since the 20th century. Unlike wind and solar energy, geothermal plants produce power at a constant rate, without regard to weather conditions. Geothermal resources are theoretically more than adequate to supply humanity's energy needs. Most extraction occurs in areas near tectonic plate boundaries. The cost of generating geothermal power decreased by 25% during the 1980s and 1990s. Technological advances continued to reduce costs and thereby expand the amount of viable resources. In 2021, the US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isthmus
An isthmus (; : isthmuses or isthmi) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmus, a narrow stretch of sea between two landmasses that connects two larger bodies of water. Isthmus vs land bridge vs peninsula ''Isthmus'' and ''land bridge'' are related terms, with isthmus having a broader meaning. A land bridge is an isthmus connecting Earth's major land masses. The term ''land bridge'' is usually used in biogeology to describe land connections that used to exist between continents at various times and were important for the migration of people and various species of animals and plants, e.g. Beringia and Doggerland. An isthmus is a land connection between two bigger landmasses, while a peninsula is rather a land protrusion that is connected to a bigger landmass on one side only and surrounded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
