Tálknafjörður (fjord)

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Tálknafjörður
In Tálknafjörður

In Tálknafjörður

Waters Arctic Ocean
Land mass Iceland
Geographical location 65 ° 36 ′  N , 23 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 65 ° 36 ′  N , 23 ° 47 ′  W
Tálknafjörður (Iceland)
Tálknafjörður
width 5.5 km
depth 16 km
Tributaries Botnsá, Hólsá

The Tálknafjörður is a fjord in the West Fjords of Iceland . It is north of Patreksfjörður and south of Arnarfjörður .

The fjord extends 16 kilometers into the country and is up to five and a half kilometers wide. The Bíldudalsvegur only circles the innermost fjord S63. From it branches off on the south bank of Lambeyrarvegur 6181 with a length of a good five kilometers. The north bank opens up the Tálknafjarðarvegur S617for ten kilometers, which after three kilometers crosses the place Tálknafjörður . Along with Patreksfjörður and Arnarfjörður, this fjord belongs to the southern fjords of the Westfjords ( isl. Suðurfirðir Vestfjarða ).

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