Héraðsflói
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Héraðsflói () is a
bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...
in eastern
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 ...
, formed by the outflowing of the Jökulsá á Brú and
Lagarfljót Lagarfljót () also called Fljótið is a river situated in the east of Iceland near Egilsstaðir. Its surface measures and it is long; its greatest width is and its greatest depth . The 27 MW Lagarfossvirkjun hydropower station is located at ...
rivers. The ~25 km-long beach is the Héraðssandur.Kortabók Road Atlas


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Heradsfloi East Iceland
Bays of Iceland {{Iceland-geo-stub