Miðfjörður
Miðfjörður is a small fjord as well as a conjoined valley in the northwest of Iceland. The fjord has a length of 14 km and a width of up to 3,5 km. The valley is about 20 km long.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in north west Iceland
- Also known as: “Mið Fiord”, “Mið Fjord”, and “Midfjordur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hvammstangakirkja.
Hvammstangakirkja
Church
Photo: Steinninn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hvammstangakirkja is a church, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Miðfjörður.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hvammstangi.
Hvammstangi
Village
Hvammstangi is an Icelandic village in the north-west part of the country, on Vatnsnes peninsula, situated on the Miðfjörður. It is the most densely populated area in the West Húnaþing County, with a population of about 580 people as of January 2011. Hvammstangi is situated 2½ km southeast of Miðfjörður.
Miðfjörður
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Húnaþing vestra, Northwest, Iceland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Miðfjörður” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Miðfjörður”
- Dutch: “Miðfjörður”
- French: “Miðfjörður”
- German: “Miðfjörður”
- Icelandic: “Miðfjörður”
- Italian: “Miðfjörður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Miðfjörður”
- Norwegian: “Miðfjörður”
- Polish: “Miðfjörður (Húnaflói)”
- Polish: “Miðfjörður”
- Russian: “Мид-фьорд”
- Russian: “Мидфьордюр”
- Swedish: “Miðfjörður, Húnaflói”
- Swedish: “Miðfjörður”
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