Skarðsfjörður
| Skarðsfjörður | ||
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| Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
| Land mass | Iceland | |
| Geographical location | 64 ° 15 '54 " N , 15 ° 5' 23" W | |
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| width | 10 km | |
| depth | 5 km | |
The Skarðsfjörður is a bay on the south coast in the east of Iceland .
This bay is east of the town of Höfn behind the Austurfjörur spit, west of Stokksnes . The bay is about 10 kilometers wide and extends 5 kilometers into the country. It got its name ( German "Passfjord" ) from the (mountain) pass Almannaskarð , the formerly steepest part of the ring road 
. In the western part of the bay there are a number of small islands.