Húnaflói (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhuːnaˌflouːɪ], lit. 'Polar Bear Cub Bay') is a bay of the Iceland Sea in Northwestern Region and Westfjords, Iceland...

largest such engagement, known as Flóabardagi, involved a few dozen ships in Húnaflói (bay). In the decades before the Napoleonic wars, the few hundred militiamen...

cannons, which were later replaced by one 47 mm cannon. Þór ran aground at Húnaflói during a storm on 21 December 1929. As a result, it was decided to buy...

Árneshreppur district in the Westfjords of north-west Iceland, on the coast of Húnaflói bay. It is staffed part-time by an AFIS controller, and only opens for...

combined with a personal name. The similarity with the name of Bay of Húnaflói in Iceland is likely a coincidence. Honfleur is in the Norman département...

tributaries of the Hvítá River as well as some rivers flowing north towards Húnaflói. Thus many of the hot springs in the Borgarfjörður region (near the estuary...

[ˈhuːnaˌθiŋk ˈvɛstra] ) is a municipality located in northern Iceland by Húnaflói gulf. It was founded on 7 June 1998 by the merging of all 7 of the old...

flows northwards from the northwest side of the Hofsjökull glacier into Húnaflói bay at Blönduós. The Blanda is one of the longest rivers in the country...

Coast Guard was de facto established. In December 1929, Þór ran aground at Húnaflói during a storm and was wrecked. The two Thor expeditions to the Mediterranean...

It relates to residents of Vatnsdalur, a valley that runs south from Húnaflói, a large bay in the north of Iceland. The principal protagonist is a man...

66.000°N 20.483°W / 66.000; -20.483 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean Húnaflói 66°0′N 20°31′W / 66.000°N 20.517°W / 66.000; -20.517 (Iceland)  Iceland...

Circle, off the north coast of Iceland 5.3 57 (2021) Akureyri Grimsey, in Húnaflói 0.43 0 Kaldrananeshreppur Heimaey, Iceland's second largest island by area...

the largest municipalities of Iceland in terms of area and reaches from Húnaflói (Húna Bay), on which Blönduós is situated, to the interior, in which Langjökull...

about 6 to 7 million years ago when the northern now extinct Snæfellsnes-Húnaflói rift zone (SHRZ), shifted eastward to the new rift axis in the NVZ. There...

on the western side of the Skagi peninsula, along the east coast of the Húnaflói ('Húna Bay'). The municipality was officially named Sveitarfélagið Skagaströnd...

(Icelandic: Flóabardagi) was a naval battle on 25 June 1244 in Iceland's Húnaflói Bay, during the Age of the Sturlungs civil war. The conflicting parties...

Hóp tidal lagoon. It is less than 10 km (6.2 mi) south-southeast of the Húnaflói. It was part of the historical county of Austur-Húnavatnssýsla [is] and...

Icelandic government bought the ship for the Coast Guard. It stranded in Húnaflói in 1929. ICGV Óðinn (I) Patrol vessel 1926 1936 Arrived in 1926 and served...

For example, walrus bones have been found in the area from Faxaflói to Hunaflói; skulls, teeth, ribs and baculum. At Tjörnes peninsula are abundance of...

ornithological honeypot, N Iceland Hóp 29–44 11–17 8.5 28 Tidal lagoon on the bay Húnaflói in N Iceland (area varies tidally) Hvítárvatn 30 12 84 276 Natural lake...

empties into the Skutulsfjörður fjord. Fossá: It is a stream that enters the Húnaflói bay, descending from the Sandfell hill (689 m above sea level). Fossá:...

Reykjarfjörður Reykjanes (Árneshreppur) in Westfjords at the western entrance to Húnaflói bay. Reykjanes (Kaldrananeshreppur) in Westfjords on the coast west of...

north-west of Iceland. It is around 36 km long and lies to the south of Húnaflói bay. There are a few farmsteads on the shores of the fjord, and one (tiny)...

Miðfjörður is fed by the river Miðfjarðará [ˈmɪðˌfjarðarˌauː] and empties onto Húnaflói bay. The town of Hvammstangi is located at the eastern side of the fjord...

common. The largest of these was an engagement of a few dozen ships in Húnaflói known as Flóabardagi. One side employing smaller longships as well as boats...

Vatnsnes (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈvasːˌnɛːs]) is a peninsula jutting into Húnaflói in northern Iceland. It is surrounded by waters of Miðfjörður on the west...

1°30′E / 56.167°N 1.500°E / 56.167; 1.500) and abandoned. HDMS Thor  Royal Danish Navy The patrol vessel was wrecked in Húnaflói. Her crew were rescued....