Gönguskörð is a settlement and valley on the west side of Skagafjörður,

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, due northwest of

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a Localities of Iceland, town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Skagafjörður (municipality), Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Re ...

, in between Molduxi mountain to the south and Tindastóll Mountain to the north. Shortly after entering Gönguskörð, the area is split into three wings. The southernmost is Víðidalur in Staðarfjöll, the middle wing towards the south west is called Kálfárdalur, and the third and widest wing leads to the north along Tindastóll. The

Gönguskarðsá Gönguskarðsá river is a spring creek in Skagafjörður, Iceland that flows to the ocean in the Gönguskörð estuary in Sauðárkrókur (a little inlet on the shore directly north of the town) off of the north part of Sauðárkrókur. It is s ...

river runs through the mountain pass and collects in many smaller rivers. There are still some farms in Gönguskörð, but most of them have been abandoned. On the northern side of the mouth of the valley, at the base of Tindastóll, is the Skarð farm, which probably used to be named Gönguskarð.

Skarðshreppur Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain. Skarðshreppur and Sauð� ...

was named after the farm. There is a ski resort in Tindastóll and there are many popular hiking trails in the area.

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{{Authority control Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður Valleys of Iceland