Snæfjallastrond

View from Ísafjörður over the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord towards Snæfjallaströnd (left and background), with the island of Vigur in the middle distance , photo from July

Location of Snæfjallaströnd on Ísafjarðardjúp

In Snæfjallaströnd is a stretch of coast in Iceland . Meant is the northwestern coast on the fjord Ísafjarðardjúp, southeast of Jökulfirðir and west of the small bay Kaldalón . The area is hardly inhabited today.

That has to do with the harsh climate. While in the south of the fjord, for example in the village of Ísafjörður , temperatures of 25 ° C can prevail in summer, the snow fields on the opposite side often reach down to the fjord in June, July or August.

This explains the name: German snow mountain coast . In turn, the firn snow fields are remnants of the western extension of the Drangajökull glacier , which covered a much larger area until the end of the 19th century than it does today.

Upstream in the eastern part of the fjord are the islands Æðey and Vigur .

See also

• List of fjords in Iceland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon (eds.): Íslandshandbókin , 1. bindi, Reykjavík, Örn & Örlygur, 1989, p. 285.
2. ^ HU Schmid: Dictionary Icelandic-German , Hamburg 2001, p. 232: snjór / snæ- = snow ; P. 64 fjall = mountain ; as well as: strönd = beach
3. ↑ Internet dictionary deDICTis , accessed: May 25, 2010

Coordinates: 66 ° 7 ′ 42.1 ″  N , 22 ° 40 ′ 9.6 ″  W.