1.0Icelandic Timeshttps://icelandictimes.com/is/Editorialhttps://icelandictimes.com/is/author/icetime/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2xLC6WhKRX"><a href="https://icelandictimes.com/is/hvalvatnsfjoerdur-2/">Hvalvatnsfjörður </a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://icelandictimes.com/is/hvalvatnsfjoerdur-2/embed/#?secret=2xLC6WhKRX" width="600" height="338" title="“Hvalvatnsfjörður ” — Icelandic Times" data-secret="2xLC6WhKRX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://icelandictimes.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://icelandictimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Hvalvatnsfjordur.jpg12231024Hvalvatnsfjörður er stuttur og grunnur fjörður yst á skaganum milli Eyjafjarðar og Skjálfandaflóa. Hann dregur nafn af Hvalvatni, lóni sem Fjarðará fellur í og er aðskilið frá firðinum sjálfum af malarkambi. Austan við fjörðinn gnæfa Hnausafjall og Bjarnarfjall, en vestan við hann eru fjöllin Darri, Lútur, og Þorgeirshöfði, sem skilur hann frá Þorgeirsfirði. Hvalvatnsfjörður og næsti fjörður til vesturs, Þorgeirsfjörður, heita einu nafni Fjörður (kvk.ft.). Þar voru nokkrir bæir áður fyrr, en eru nú allir í eyði: Arnareyri, fór í eyði 1934; Brekka, fór í eyði 1924; Gil, fór í eyði 1899; Kaðalstaðir, fóru í eyði 1933; Kussungsstaðir, fóru í eyði 1904; Tindriðastaðir, fóru í […]