Héðinsfjörður
| Héðinsfjörður | ||
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 Héðinsfjörður |
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| Waters | Greenland Sea | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 9 ′ 39 ″ N , 18 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 2 km | |
| depth | 6 km | |
| Tributaries | Héðinsfjarðará → Héðinsfjarðarvatn | |
The Héðinsfjörður is a fjord in the north of Iceland .
It is located on the Tröllaskagi peninsula between the Siglufjörður and Ólafsfjörður fjords . The fjord is about 2 km wide and 6 km into the country. In the fjord is the Héðinsfjarðarvatn, a good fishing lake. On May 29, 1947, a plane crashed the Flugfélags Íslands on Hestfjall in Héðinsfjörður. The 21 passengers and the four crew members died.
There used to be only a few farms in the fjord. It is now uninhabited. The valley behind the fjord crosses the asphalt Siglufjarðarvegur 
between the two parts of the Héðinsfjarðargöng for about 600 m . The tunnels have been built since 2006 and opened on October 2, 2010. They form a direct road connection between the towns of Siglufjörður and Ólafsfjörður .