|
Svartárdalur (Austur-Húnavatnssýsla)
Svartárdalur is a valley deeper into the interior of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was previously a part of Lýtingsstaðahreppur, but now belongs to Skagafjörður County. It is a rather short valley and the Svartá river runs through it. There are few farms there, and some have been abandoned. The homestead Írafell is in the valley. There is another Svartárdalur Svartárdalur is a valley deeper into the interior of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was previously a part of Lýtingsstaðahreppur Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, I ... and another Svartá on the Húnavatnssýsla side of the mountain and they are occasionally confused because they are so close to each other. References {{Authority control Skagafjörður Valleys of Iceland ... [...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
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. There are two municipalities in the area, Skagafjörður Municipality (approx. 4140 inhabitants) and Akrahreppur, Akrahreppur Municipality (approx. 210 inhabitants). This is one of Iceland's most prosperous agricultural regions, with widespread dairy and sheep farming in addition to the horse breeding for which the district is famed. Skagafjörður is the only county in Iceland where horses outnumber people. It is a centre for agriculture, and some fisheries are also based in the settlements of Sauðárkrókur and Hofsós. The people living in Skagafjörður have a reputation for choir singing, horsemanship, and gatherings. There are three islands in the bay: Málmey, Drangey and Lundey, Skagafjörður, Lundey (Puffin Island). The bay is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svartá
The Svartá river ("Black River") is a spring creek on the inner, western side of Skagafjörður, Iceland. A considerable amount of spring water runs in the river up to the highland where it then begins to resemble a direct run-off river as it flows on. The river surfaces in the Eyvindarstaðaheiði plateau and runs through Svartárdalur valley, then continues between Neðribyggð and Reykjatunga where there is a waterfall called Reykjafoss. Some ways below it, around Vindheimamelar, the river’s name changes to Húseyjarkvísl. It flows into the bottom of Varmahlíð and into the Héraðsvötn shortly before reaching Glaumbær Glaumbær is an Icelandic town and church site in the middle of Langholt, west of Héraðsvötn in Skagafjörður, formerly a part of the rural municipality Seyluhreppur. It is now home to the Skagafjörður Folk Museum. History The Glaumbær .... In old literature, the Jökulsá river, or part of the Héraðsvötn, is said to have flowed west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lýtingsstaðahreppur
Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located to the west of the Héraðsvötn. It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit. The spanned from the Krithóll farm, just south of Vatnsskarð, and all the way south to the watershed in the highlands, where it reaches the boundary of what is considered the "north" and "south" of Iceland. There were several districts in the interior of Lýtingsstaðahreppur: * Efribyggð and Neðribyggð are west of the Svartá (“Black River”) but north of Mælifellshnjúkur, at the base of Hamraheiði, which was previously named Fremribyggð. * East of the Svartá and heading south towards the Tunguháls farm is an area called Tungusveit, which becomes Vesturdalur to the south. * West of Vesturdalur is Svartárdalur and east of Vesturdalur is Austurdalur, the majority of which is actually located in Akrahreppur, but the Bústaðir farm was ... [...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] |
Svartárdalur (Austur-Húnavatnssýsla)
Svartárdalur is a valley deeper into the interior of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was previously a part of Lýtingsstaðahreppur, but now belongs to Skagafjörður County. It is a rather short valley and the Svartá river runs through it. There are few farms there, and some have been abandoned. The homestead Írafell is in the valley. There is another Svartárdalur Svartárdalur is a valley deeper into the interior of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was previously a part of Lýtingsstaðahreppur Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, I ... and another Svartá on the Húnavatnssýsla side of the mountain and they are occasionally confused because they are so close to each other. References {{Authority control Skagafjörður Valleys of Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Iceland
Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as ''sýslur'' (), and 23 independent towns known as ''kaupstaðir'' (). Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumenn (magistrates) that are the highest authority over the local police (except in Reykjavík where there is a special office of police commissioner) and carry out administrative functions such as declaring bankruptcy and marrying people outside of the church. The jurisdictions of these magistrates often follow the lines of the historical counties, but not always. When speaking of these new "administrative" counties, the custom is to associate them with the county seats rather than using the names of the traditional counties, even when they cover the same area. Composition Independent towns (''kaupstaðir'') were first created in the 18th century as urbanisation began in Iceland; this practice continued into the 1980s. The last town that was declared an independent town was Ólafsvík in 1983. Since then, the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |