Þorskafjörður

Þorskafjörður
Þorskafjörður
Waters	Breiðafjörður , Arctic Ocean
Land mass	Iceland
Geographical location	65 ° 36 ′  N , 22 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 65 ° 36 ′  N , 22 ° 5 ′  W
width	1.5 km
length	16 km
Tributaries	Þorskafjarðará, Músará

The Þorskafjörður (dt. Dorschfjord ) is a fjord in western Iceland .

Geography and traffic

This fjord is a northern side fjord of Breiðafjörður in the south of the Westfjords . It extends 16 km into the country and is up to 1.5 km wide. The Gufufjörður and Djúpifjörður branches off at the Ford entrance . The isthmus between Berufjörður in the south and Þorskafjörður in the north is almost 3 km wide. South of Þorskafjörður is the Reykjanes peninsula .

Around the inner part of the fjord, 12 km of Vestfjarðavegur runs through the southwest to Ísafjörður . There are studies as to whether and how the course of the road can be improved in this area. Þorskafjarðarvegur branches off right inside innenorskafjörður . It leads 23 km north over the Þorskafjarðarheiði to Djúpvegur , the main connection to Ísafjörður.

history

The Þorskfirðinga saga ( Gull-Þóris saga ) refers to the Þorskafjörður.

In Þorskafjörður is the now uninhabited Skógar farm . Matthías Jochumsson , poet of the Icelandic national anthem and plays, was born here in 1835 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vestfjarðavegur: Sótt verður um framkvæmdaleyfi eftir rýni á áliti Skipulagsstofnunar. Retrieved August 10, 2018 (Icelandic).