Eyjafjarðará

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Eyjafjarðará
The mouth of the Eyjafjarðará, Pollurinn with the airport runway, middle distance, left center, Eyjafjörður with Hringvegur bridge on the far left

The mouth of the Eyjafjarðará, Pollurinn with the airport runway, middle distance, left center, Eyjafjörður with Hringvegur bridge on the far left

Data
location Iceland
River system Eyjafjarðará
Drain over Eyjafjörður  → Greenland Sea
source on the plateau of the Eyjafjörður valley
muzzle Hvítá coordinates: 65 ° 39 ′ 36 ″  N , 18 ° 4 ′ 22 ″  W 65 ° 39 ′ 36 ″  N , 18 ° 4 ′ 22 ″  W.

length 70 km
Flowing lakes Pollurinn
Medium-sized cities Akureyri
Communities Eyjafjarðarsveit , Akureyri

The Eyjafjarðará is a river in northern Iceland .

course

It rises in the upper valley of Eyjafjörður and flows into Lake Pollurinn after about 70 km at Akureyri airport . The lake then flows into the southern end of Eyjafjörður.

fishing

The Eyjafjarðará is popular with anglers for its salmon and trout.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c [1]
  2. ↑ Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, p. 428f.