Hraunsfjörður
| Hraunsfjörður | ||
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 The Seljafjörður, the front part of the Hraunsfjörður |
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| Waters | Greenland Sea | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 55 ′ 36 ″ N , 23 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| width | 1 km | |
| length | 6.5 km | |
| Tributaries | Hraunslækur | |
 Abandoned farm in Hraunsfjörður |
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The Hraunsfjörður is a fjord in western Iceland . It is a branch of the Urtuvalafjörður fjord in Breiðafjörður .
The uninhabited fjord is on the north coast of the Snæfellsnes peninsula . The front part of the fjord is also called Seljafjörður. The Hraunsfjörður is east of Kolgrafafjörður and extends as a narrow arm towards the mountains, namely the Helgrindur with the volcanic system Lýsuskarð . In addition, the Berserkjahraun lava field extends into the fjord in some places. It originated from the neighboring Ljósufjöll volcanic system . Two trout fishing lakes are located in the highlands above the fjord: Hraunsfjarðarvatn and Baulárvallavatn.
The Snæfellsnesvegur has been 
crossing the fjord on dams and one 36 m since 1993. Before that, the road ran over a bridge Mjósund (= Eng. Narrow sound ). It was built in 1961 and was the oldest bridge that crossed a fjord in Iceland. Now the Berserkjahraunsvegur runs there 
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brúaskrá - Brýr á þjóðvegum febrúar 2016. Accessed August 9, 2019 (Icelandic).
- ↑ Íslandshandbókin. 1. bindi. 1989. Reykjavík, Örn og Örlygur.