Vatnsdalshólar ("Vatnsdalskullarna") is a hill group located in the
Northwestern Region,
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 ...
. They are located at the northern end of
Vatnsdalur in an area measuring approximately 5.5 km
2.
Landslides are common in Vatnsdalur valley, especially near the Vatnsdalshólar hills, which are composed of loose stone and gravel.
Vatnsdalshólar was the site of Iceland's last executed capital punishment on January 12, 1830 with the beheading of farm servants
Agnes Magnúsdóttir
Agnes Magnúsdóttir (27 October 1795 – 12 January 1830) was the last person to be executed in Iceland, along with Friðrik Sigurðsson. The pair were sentenced to death for the murder of Natan Ketilsson, a farmer in Illugastaðir in Vatnsne ...
(33) and
Friðrik Sigurdsson (19). They were accused of the murder of two farmers on March 14, 1828: Natan Ketilsson from Illugastaðir, and Pétur Jónsson from Geitaskarð. After a long trial heard by the Supreme Court in Copenhagen, the pair were sentenced to be executed.
See also
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Breast-shaped hill
Some breast-shaped hills are named "wikt:pap#Etymology 2, pap", an archaic word for the breast or nipple of a woman, particularly those with a small hilltop protuberance. Such anthropomorphic geographic features are found in different parts of t ...
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Capital punishment in Iceland
References
External links
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Vatnsdalshólar – Iceland Road Guide
Austur-Húnavatnssýsla
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