Kaldalón
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 View over the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord to the ice field of Drangajökull with the glacier tongue of Kaldalón Bay |
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| Waters | Ísafjarðardjúp , Greenland Sea | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 66 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ N , 22 ° 25 ′ 21 ″ W | |
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| width | 2 km | |
| depth | 4 km | |
The bay Kaldalón ( German "Cold Lagoon" ) is located in the West Fjords of Iceland, more precisely in Ísafjarðardjúp . The bay divides the coast into the northern section Snæfjallaströnd and the southern Langadalsströmnd
It is just over 2 km wide and 4 km into the country. A tongue of Drangajökull is only 4.5 km from the sea here. The Snæfjallastrandarvegur 
runs around this bay in this unpopulated part of the country.
The doctor and composer Sigvaldi Stefánsson named himself after this bay Sigvaldi Kaldalóns . He had lived nearby in Ármúli and among other things wrote the melody for the well-known equestrian song Á Sprengisandi ( Ríðum, ríðum ).
The Drangajökull glacier tongue points to the Kaldalón Bay. Behind is the ice field of the glacier.
Location of Kaldalón Bay in the northern part of the Westfjords
Location of the Kaldalón bay between Snæfjallaströnd and Langadalsströnd
Individual evidence
- ↑ T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon (eds.): Íslandshandbókin , 1. bindi, Reykjavík, Örn & Örlygur, 1989, p. 276.
- ↑ Short biography in English at: snjafjallasetur.is