66°20′N 22°40′W / 66.333°N 22.667°W
Hornstrandir and Jökulfirðir
The Jökulfirðir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjœːkʏlˌfɪrðɪr̥] ⓘ, "glacier fjords") form a system of five fjords in Westfjords, Iceland, situated north of Ísafjarðardjúp and south of the Hornstrandir peninsula. They are named for Drangajökull, a glacier situated to the southeast of the fjords.
The area surrounding the fjords used to be permanently inhabited until the 1960s, but is now occupied only seasonally, as a summer resort. The fjords cannot be reached by road, but are accessible by boat from Ísafjörður, Bolungarvík and Súðavík.
The individual five fjords are:
- Hesteyrarfjörður [ˈhɛstˌeiːrarˌfjœrðʏr̥]
- Veiðileysufjörður [ˈveiːðɪˌleiːsʏˌfjœrðʏr̥]
- Lónafjörður [ˈlouːnaˌfjœrðʏr̥]
- Hrafnsfjörður [ˈr̥apn̥sˌfjœrðʏr̥, ˈr̥afs-]
- Leirufjörður [ˈleiːrʏˌfjœrðʏr̥]
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