Borgarfjörður Eystri

65.542527777778 - 13.781361111111Koordinaten: 65 ° 32 ' 33 "N, 13 ° 46' 53 " W

The Borgarfjorður eystri ( Isl: eastern city fjord ) is a fjord in the north- east of Iceland. It lies about 70 km from Egilsstaðir removed and is 5 km long.

Location and Transport

The fjord is located in one of the remotest areas in Iceland. You get there along a dirt road pass, the Vatnsskarð eystra, past the majestic Dyrfjöll ( dt = door Mountains), which rise to over 1200 m and in the middle of which a recess is, Stórurð, resulting from a massive flank collapse.

When you come down from the pass towards the fjord, one must first have a bold cape between the bay and the fjord Njarðvík circle on a unpaved road also. Above is an erosion slope, the Njarðvíkurskríður is called. Today the site in comparison to earlier times is relatively safe because the road is expanded wide enough. In earlier times, the journey appeared here because of the danger of falling rocks as so risky that the legend took shape from the monster Naddi that it lurks here to tear people into the depths.

A stone cross with ( Latin ) Prayer wayside recalls the time.

Description of the site and the area

If you have this cape surrounded, the view of the town Bakkagerði opened. On Jan 1, 2011, the village had just 100 inhabitants.

Elves

The village is known in esoteric circles as the seat of the Icelandic fairy queen and there are therefore many say on the subject in the region. Even the grown up here painter Jóhannes S. Kjarval has immortalized the so-called Elf Hill in the main altarpiece of the church of Bakkagerði.

Geology

Behind the village in the west are several extinct volcanoes from the Central Tertiary that have left here again mountains from Rhyolithgestein. Similar to the Berufjörður, some of the mountains of basalt intrusions uA on the summit, especially this falls on the Staðarfjall (620 m).

Hiking

The area is a paradise for hikers. In summer, in the west fjords adjacent abandoned huts managed ( Víknaslóðir ). The trekking paths lead past among other things, the many-colored, extinct volcano Hvítserkur.

Also for Stórurð lead hiking trails.