Hörgárdalur

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Coordinates: 65 ° 30 ′  N , 18 ° 6 ′  W

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Hörgárdalur

The Hörgárdalur is a valley in northern Iceland .

geography

The Hörgá river flows through this 30 km long valley and flows into the Eyjafjörður from the southwest . The ring road from Akureyri runs 10 km to the west in this valley. Then it follows the tributary Öxnadalsá through the Öxnadalur .

At the northeastern end of the Hörgárdalur lies the Möðruvellir farm , where Jón Sveinsson and Hannes Hafstein were born.