Hornafjörður (fjord)
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 Hornafjordur |
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 16 ′ N , 15 ° 19 ′ W | |
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| width | 4 km | |
| depth | 15 km | |
| Tributaries | Austurfljót, Suðurfljót | |
The Hornafjörður is a fjord in the east of Iceland . It's there on the south coast.
It is located west of the village of Höfn and is almost separated from the open sea by the Suðurfjörur spit . The inner part of this fjord is called Hornafjörðurfljót and the two glacier rivers Austurfljót and Suðurfljót flow from the Hoffellsjökull glacier tongue in the east of Vatnajökull . The Hornafjörður and Hornafjörðurfljót together extend 15 kilometers into the country and are up to 4 kilometers wide. The ring road still has to go around the water, one thinks about a bridge through the fjord.
This fjord gave the municipality Hornafjörður its name. It fills the entire Austur-Skaftafellssýsla district .