Patreksfjörður (fjord)
| Patreksfjörður | ||
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 The first steel ship in Iceland on Örlygshafnarvegur |
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| Waters | Arctic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 31 ′ N , 23 ° 50 ′ W | |
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| width | 6 km | |
| depth | 20 km | |
| Tributaries | Ósá í Patreksfirði, Botnsá, Raknadalsá | |
The Patreksfjörður is a fjord in the West Fjords of Iceland . It is located south of Tálknafjörður .
The Barðastrandarvegur 
comes from the Kleifaheiði inside the fjord and runs for 12 km on the north bank to the town of Patreksfjörður . The town's airfield is 25 kilometers away by road on the opposite side on a sandbank. On the south bank, the Örlygshafnarvegur runs 
towards Hnjótur , Látrabjarg and Bjargtangar . Another part of the south bank can be reached via the Kollsvíkurvegur 
. The fjord is 6 km wide and 20 km into the country. This fjord belongs next to the Tálknafjörður and the Arnarfjörður to the south fjords of the Westfjords ( isl. Suðurfirðir Vestfjarða ).
In the inner end of Patreksfjörður the first steel ship in Iceland has been put aground and it is slowly falling to pieces.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Garðar BA 64. Retrieved December 27, 2019 (English).