Reykjaströnd ("Reykir Beach") is a district on the west side of

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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, at the base of

Tindastóll mountain Tindastóll () is a mountain located on the far west side of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the north of Sauðárkrókur. It is one of the best-known mountains in the region, and it provides an excellent view in clear weather. The name of ...

. Rekjaströnd begins along the

Gönguskarðsá Gönguskarðsá river is a spring creek in Skagafjörður, Iceland that flows to the ocean in the Gönguskörð estuary in Sauðárkrókur (a little inlet on the shore directly north of the town) off of the north part of Sauðárkrókur. It is s ...

river and continues north for the length of Tindastóll, until it reaches so-called "Landsend."

Geography

The lowland is not wide, but is extensively covered in vegetation. There are quite a few farms, the most famous of which is Fagranes, which was for many years a church site and

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, and the outermost farm Reykir, for which the beach is named. The hot spring Grettislaug is also in Reykjaströnd. There is a small harbor in Reykir from which people used to fish and sail to

Drangey Drangey () or Drang Isle is an uninhabited island in the Skagafjörður fjord in northern Iceland. It is the remnant of a 700,000‑year‑old volcano, mostly made of volcanic palagonite tuff, forming a massive rock fortress. The island was fir ...

. The people of Reykjaströnd previously received extensive advantages from Drangey including extra access to driftwood. It used to be possible to get to Reykjaströnd by going north over Tindastóll to Sævarland in

Laxárdalur Laxárdalur () is a valley in Dalasýsla in northwestern Iceland, formed by the . It was the home of the , a group of Icelanders whose doings are described in the ''Laxdæla saga ''Laxdæla saga'' (), Old Norse ''Laxdœla saga'' (Old Norse pro ...

valley during

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around Fjörvegur, as it was then called, but it is now impassible. It also might have been possible to go around Tæpagata road up the mountain, but now it is, however, difficult and dangerous to traverse. South of the area is Gönguskarðsá, which was often impassible and considered the most dangerous river in the county.

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Northwestern Region (Iceland) Skagafjörður