Þorskafjörður is a roughly sixteen-kilometre-long fjord in the Icelandic county of

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Geography

Þorskfjörður lies between headlands called Reykjanes and Skálanes. Like other fjords in its area, Þorskafjörður is shallow; its innermost shore is formed of clay. Two short and shallow fjords branch off Þorskafjörður: Djúpifjörður and Gufufjörður. The average flood height in Þorskafjörður is 3.60m and the highest measured flood height is 5.66m. From the bottom of Þorskafjörður, Þjóðvegur 60 runs through Þorskafjarðarheiði across to

Ísafjarðardjúp Ísafjarðardjúp () is a large fjord in the Westfjords region of Iceland. Its name translates to ''Depth of the fjord of sea ice''. Originally named simply Ísafjörður, the semantic run around happened through the -Deep meaning the inner pa ...

. This road was laid in 1940-1946 and served as the main route between

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and Djúp until 1987, when a road through Steingrímsfjarðarheiði was opened. In 2021, work began to bridge the fjord, then due to be completed in 2024. The work is part of the extension of Vestfjarðarvegur into Gufudalsveit.Áætlað að þverun Þf. hefjist innan skamms
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History

The fjord is the setting of much of the medieval

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'' Gull-Þóris saga''. The poet

Matthías Jochumsson Matthías Jochumsson (11 November 1835 – 18 November 1920) was an Icelandic Lutheran clergyman, poet, playwright, and translator. He is best known for his lyrical poetry and for writing the national anthem of Iceland, "Lofsöngur", in 1874.

was born on the farm Skógar in Þorskafjörður in 1835.

Inhabited farms

* Hofstaðir * Kinnarstaðir

Deserted farms

* Laugaland * Gröf * Þórisstaðir * Múli * Kollabúðir * Skógar

References

External links

''Kollabúðir'': article in ''Lesbók Morgunblaðsins'' 1954
Fjords of Iceland Western Region (Iceland) {{iceland-fjord-stub