(, ) 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 ...
of the
Iceland Sea in
Northwestern Region and
Westfjords
The Westfjords or West Fjords (, ) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative region, the least populous in the country. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of I ...
, Iceland. It is situated between the village of
Strandir on peninsula to the west and the of
Skagi peninsula to the east. Spanning , it has a maximum width of about and length of .
The
Battle of the Gulf () was a naval battle on 25 June 1244 in , during the
Age of the Sturlungs civil war. A detailed description of the battle can be found in .
Fauna
The bay has been proposed as a protected area for
harbor seal
The harbor (or harbour) seal (''Phoca vitulina''), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared sea ...
s.
References
Bays of Iceland
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