Northwestern Region ( is, Norðurland vestra ) is one of the traditional eight

regions of Iceland The regions of Iceland are eight areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1959 and 2003. These regions are not incorporated polities but rather recognized groupings of municipalities ...

, located in the north of the island. The largest town in the region is

Sauðárkrókur Sauðárkrókur () is a town on the Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. It is the seat of both the Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður ('Municipality of Skagafjörður') and the Northwestern Region. Sauðárkrókur is the largest town in Northw ...

, with a population of 3000. One of the primary attractions of the area is the basalt rock

Hvítserkur (, regionally also ) is a 15 m high basalt Stack (geology), stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in Northwestern Region (Iceland), northwest Iceland. The rock has two holes at the base, which give it the appearance of a ...

, 15 meters high and resembles a dragon that throws its head to take a sip of water.

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