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Kjálki
Kjálki is a small district in Skagafjörður, Iceland. Kjálki is close to the Norðurá river, located along the Héraðsvötn up to Grjótárgil ravine, which is on the boundary of Kelduland in Kjálki and Stekkjarflati in Austurdalur. As of 2009, there were two inhabited farms in Kjálki, Kelduland and Flatatunga Flatatunga is a farm in the Kjálki district of Skagafjörður, Iceland. The spit of land that the farm is named after was formed between the Héraðsvötn and Norðurá rivers. Flatatunga is the homestead of Tungu-Kári and an old, large farm .... References {{Authority control Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flatatunga
Flatatunga is a farm in the Kjálki district of Skagafjörður, Iceland. The spit of land that the farm is named after was formed between the Héraðsvötn and Norðurá rivers. Flatatunga is the homestead of Tungu-Kári and an old, large farm. Flatatunga Boards The Flatatunga Boards are carved wooden boards depicting apocalyptic scenes. According to ''Þórðar saga hreðu'', in the 12th century, the boards in the lodge built by ("the menace") in Flatatunga were carved with designs. Some of these boards, known as the Flatatunga Boards (or Flatatunga Planks) carved in the 12th century and now preserved at the National Museum of Iceland, came from that specific lodge. However, other boards in the collection are thought to have more likely originated from a church, probably Hólar Cathedral. Only a very few of the boards, which are part of a large artwork in the Byzantine style that depicts Judgement Day, have been preserved. In addition, a good many of the boards were lost w ... [...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] |
Skagafjörður (municipality)
Skagafjörður () is a municipality that covers most of the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name (see Skagafjörður for details on the region) in northern Iceland. Overview The municipality was created in 1998 when 11 out of the 12 municipalities in Skagafjörður held votes on whether they should merge or not. The merge was approved in all the municipalities that held the vote. Akrahreppur was the only municipality in Skagafjörður that did not participate. In February 2022, residents of Akrahreppur and Skagafjörður voted to merge into a single municipality; the merger will be formalized in the spring of 2022. The merge joined the town of Sauðárkrókur, the villages of Hofsós and Varmahlíð and several rural districts. It also includes the historic cathedral site of Hólar which is the site of a growing university today. Localities * Ábær * Hofsós * Hólar * Keta * Miklibær * Reynistaður * Sauðárkrókur * Silfrastaðir * Varmah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norðurá (Skagafjörður)
Norðurá is a river that runs the length of Norðurárdalur valley in Skagafjörður, Iceland, where it creates extensive sandbars on the valley floor. The river joins the Héraðsvötn below Flatatunga. Many tributaries flow into the Norðurá, some located in massive ravines, including Kotá, Valagilsá, Horná, Heiðará is a spring creek that runs westward through Öxnadalsheiði plateau in Skagafjörður, Iceland and later flows into the Norðurá river where it descends into Norðurárdalur valley. The river originates in Kaldbaksdalur valley, which runs s ..., Grjótá, Króká, Egilsá, Stóralækur rivers. References {{authority control Skagafjörður Rivers of Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héraðsvötn
Héraðsvötn (), whose name is often shortened to Vötn or Vötnin (and was called Jökulsá in previous centuries) is a glacier river in Iceland. It is formed by the confluence of Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá. The Héraðsvötn is located in Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ..., a municipality in northern Iceland, and it is one of the deadliest waterfalls in the country. Héraðsvötn is formed by the confluence of multiple rivers that come together at the lower part of the town of Tunguháls, where the eastern and western branches of Jökulsá meet. The Norður river, Húseyjarkvísl, and many smaller rivers also flow into it. In the middle of Blönduhlíð, Héraðsvötn splits into two forks that flow to the sea on either side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austurdalur
Austurdalur ("east valley") is a valley in interior Skagafjörður, Iceland. The Austari-Jökulsá, one of the two sources of one of the Héraðsvötn, Héraðsvötn's forks, runs through it. The only residence in the valley is at Bústaðir, and there is a church at Ábær. Geography The is a notable feature of Austurdalur's landscape and it runs somewhat to the west along the middle of the valley, although the valley is rather narrow. Inside the valley, the river runs around sandbanks, but when it arrives in , it forms a very deep Canyon, gorge, which it rushes through all the way down until it joins the Vestari-Jökulsá, and together they form the . There are small birch trees throughout the gorge, and people go Rafting, white-water rafting there. There is a bridge over the river between and (both of which are west of the river) often called ("Monika’s bridge") after the influential Monika Helgadóttir, Monika of Merkigil. Some tributaries flow into the river, most of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Northwestern Region (Iceland)
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
