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Kjálki is a small district in
Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...
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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 ...
. Kjálki is close to the Norðurá river, located along the
Héraðsvötn Héraðsvötn (), whose name is often shortened to Vötn or Vötnin (and was called Jökulsá in previous centuries) is a glacier river in Iceland. It is formed by the confluence of Austari-Jökulsá and Vestari-Jökulsá. The Héraðsvötn is ...
up to Grjótárgil ravine, which is on the boundary of Kelduland in Kjálki and Stekkjarflati in
Austurdalur Austurdalur ("east valley") is a valley in interior Skagafjörður, Iceland. The Austari-Jökulsá, one of the two sources of one of the Héraðsvötn, Héraðsvötn's forks, runs through it. The only residence in the valley is at Bústaðir, an ...
. As of 2009, there were two inhabited farms in Kjálki, Kelduland and
Flatatunga Flatatunga is a farm in the Kjálki district of Skagafjörður, Iceland. The spit of land that the farm is named after was formed between the Héraðsvötn and Norðurá rivers. Flatatunga is the homestead of Tungu-Kári and an old, large farm ...
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{{Authority control Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður