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Álftafjörður
The name
translates
Swan
Fjord
and there are some
fjords
by this name in
Iceland
.
The best
known of these are:
Álftafjörður
. This
fjord
is located on the
southern
side
of
Ísafjarðardjúp
, in the
Vestfirðir
region
of
north-western
Iceland. A
whaling station
was built in
1883
at Langeyri on its
western
shore
by two Norwegians named
Lars
Mons
and
Svend Foyn
, and was used until
whaling
was
prohibited
in Iceland in
1915
. The
modern
village
of
Súðavík
is in the same
area
.
Álftafjörður
is a southern
branch
of
Breiðafjörður
.
Álftafjörður
is a fjord of the
East Fjords of Iceland
between
Höfn
and
Djúpivogur
.