Miklavatn in

Borgarsveit Borgarsveit is a district in Skagafjörður, Iceland, located a little farther in on the western head of the fjord, spanning from the western mouth of the Héraðsvötn to Sauðárkrókur, and up to the southern end of the farm Gil, where Staðars ...

is a lake 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 ...

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 ...

, near the head of the west side of the fjord. The lake is oblong and lies parallel to the western

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 ...

, narrowing slightly in the north. From the northern end, there is runoff into the Héraðsvötn. It is called Víkin, and to the north is the southern end of the

Sauðárkrókur Airport Sauðárkrókur Airport is an airport serving Sauðárkrókur, a village on the Skagafjörður bay in northern Iceland. The Hegranes non-directional beacon (Ident: HE) is 1.8 nautical miles northeast of the airport. Airlines and destinations Wi ...

. The area around Miklavatn consists of extensive

wetlands A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

with lots of bird life, and the area became a nature reserve in 1977. Traffic in the area is prohibited from May 15 through July 1 every year. The region is registered with

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as an internationally important bird area.

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