Skagafjörður

Skagafjörður is a municipality that covers most of the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name in northern .
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  • Type: municipality of Iceland with 4,320 residents
  • Description: municipality in Northwestern Region, Iceland
  • Also known as: “5200”, “Hofsos”, “Kota Skagafjörður”, “Saudarkrokur”, “Sauðárkrókur”, “Skagafjordhur”, “Skagafjördhur”, “Skagafjordur”, “Skagafjörður (municipality)”, “Sveitarfelagid Skagafjoerdur”, “Sveitarfelagid Skagafjordur”, “Sveitarfelagid Skagafjördur”, and “スカーガフィヨルズル (基礎自治体)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Reykjafoss and Víðimýri.

Waterfall
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is a waterfall.

Church
Photo: Villy Fink Isaksen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an estate in Skagafjörður, south of Varmahlíð, which overlooks it. is situated 4½ km north of Skagafjörður.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varmahlid.

Village
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY 4.0.
Varmahlíð is a small village in , northern . is situated 6 km north of Skagafjörður.

Skagafjörður

Latitude
65.5002° or 65° 30′ 1″ north
Longitude
-19.4457° or 19° 26′ 44″ west
Population
4,320
Elevation
161 metres (528 feet)
Open location code
9CQ2GH23+3P
Geo­Names ID
3345263
Wiki­data ID
Q1549436
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Skagafjörður” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Skagafjörður”
  • Asturian: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Basque: “Skagafjörður”
  • Belarusian: “Скагаф’ёрдур”
  • Catalan: “Skagafjörður”
  • Cebuano: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Chinese: “斯卡加菲厄泽”
  • Danish: “Skagafjörður”
  • Dutch: “Skagafjörður”
  • Faroese: “Skagafjörður kommuna”
  • Finnish: “Skagafjörður”
  • French: “Skagafjörður”
  • German: “Skagafjörður”
  • Hebrew: “סקגפוירד”
  • Hungarian: “Skagafjörður”
  • Icelandic: “Skagafjörður”
  • Icelandic: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Ido: “Skagafjörður Komono”
  • Indonesian: “Skagafjörður”
  • Irish: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Italian: “Skagafjörður”
  • Japanese: “スカーガフィヨルズル”
  • Malay: “Skagafjörður”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Moksha: “Скагафьордур”
  • Northern Sami: “Skagafjörður”
  • Northern Sami: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skagafjörður”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skagafjörður”
  • Norwegian: “Skagafjörður”
  • Polish: “Skagafjörður”
  • Russian: “Скагафьордюр”
  • Spanish: “Skagafjörður”
  • Swedish: “Skagafjörður”
  • Swedish: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Turkish: “Skagafjörður”
  • Turkish: “Sveitarfélagið Skagafjörður”
  • Ukrainian: “Скаґафьордур”
  • Urdu: “اسکاگا فجورڈر (بلدیہ)”
  • Urdu: “اسکاگا فجورڈر”

Places with the Same Name

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Places to explore: Steinsstaðir and Vatnsskarð.

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