The ''Jökulfirðir'' (, "glacier fjords") form a system of five fjords in Westfjords, Iceland, situated north of Ísafjarðardjúp and south of the

Hornstrandir Hornstrandir () is Iceland's northernmost peninsula, covering at the northern end of the Westfjords, to the north of the Jökulfirðir and to the northwest of Drangajökull glacier. Ecosystem The area covers of tundra, fjord, glacier and alpin ...

peninsula. They are named for ''

Drangajökull Drangajökull (, regionally also ) is the northernmost glacier of Iceland. It is situated southwest of the peninsula Hornstrandir in the Westfjords region. The glacier covers an area of , at an altitude of up to . It is the only Icelandic glacie ...

'', a glacier situated to the southeast of the fjords. The area surrounding the fjords used to be permanently inhabited until the 1960s, but is now occupied only seasonally, as a summer resort. The fjords cannot be reached by road, but are accessible by boat from Ísafjörður, Bolungarvík and Súðavík. The individual five fjords are: * Hesteyrarfjörður * Veiðileysufjörður * Lónafjörður * Hrafnsfjörður * Leirufjörður

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Fjords of Iceland Westfjords {{iceland-fjord-stub