Kaldbakur (Strandir)
| Kaldbakur | ||
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 Kaldbakshorn seen from the north |
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| height | 508 m | |
| location | West of Iceland | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 51 '34 " N , 21 ° 17' 35" W | |
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| Type | Volcano (extinct) | |
| rock | basalt | |
| Age of the rock | 10–11 million years | |
Kaldbakur is a volcanic mountain in the Strandir district in the West Fjords of Iceland . It reaches a height of 508 m.
Location and description
Kaldbakur is located in the north of the Strandir district in the northeast of the Westfjords on the Kaldbaksvík bay not far from Trékyllisvík .
Below the opposite, d. H. south of the bay Kaldbaksvík, located mountain Kaldbakshorn (525 m) to the sea you can see the traces of a landslide, the Kleif is called.
A ravine in Kaldbakshorn is called Svansgjá . The name refers to a story mentioned in the legend of Njáll : the fate of Svanur while fishing. Other fishermen saw him go into the mountain, where he was welcomed.
geology
The two mountains Kaldbakur and Kaldbakshorn consist of approx. 10-11 million old basalt and were brought into their present form by the ice age glaciers and other erosion forces.
They owe their cliff-like rocks on the lake side to the considerably higher sea level after the Ice Age.
Settlement of the area
The Landnámabók as well as the Grettis saga Ásmundarson tell of the land taker Önundur Dreifuss Ófeigsson . He is said to have founded his homonymous farm on the Kaldbaksvík Bay at the foot of Kaldbakur.
Remnants of winter fishing villages can also be seen nearby.
There was a Catholic chapel at the Kaldbakur farm , but it has not been used since the beginning of the Reformation .
The farm has been deserted since 1967, and a neighboring farm cultivates his land. The place is very endangered in winter by avalanches that fell on the house in 1994/95.
Inside the Kaldbaksvík bay, on the Hveratungur, you can find springs with water up to 70 ° C.
Transport links
Road 643 to Djúpavík and Gjögur meanders over the erosion slopes of the two mountains Kaldbakur and Kaldbaksvík between mountain and sea .
Web links
- http://nat.is/travelguide/ahugav_st_kaldbakur.htm nat.is (Icelandic)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Reykjavík (Örn og Örlygur) 1989, p. 308
- ^ Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík (Mál og Menning) 2004, p. 151
- ↑ cf. also history of Iceland
- ↑ http://nat.is/travelguide/ahugav_st_kaldbakur.htm nat.is (Icelandic) Accessed: May 20, 2011