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Drangsnes
Sign in to saveDrangsnes (, regionally also ) is a small town in the northwestern part of Iceland, at the mouth of Steingrímsfjörður and around 11.21 km (6.96 mi) from Hólmavík.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Iceland
- Located in
- Kaldrananeshreppur
- Population
- 77
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.drangsnes.is
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Drangsnes (, regionally also ) is a small town in the northwestern part of Iceland, at the mouth of Steingrímsfjörður and around 11.21 km (6.96 mi) from Hólmavík.
It is part of the Kaldrananeshreppur municipality and only has 67 inhabitants (2011 census). It got its name from a tall rock named Kerling of what is said that it is one of three troll women who tried to separate the Westfjords from the rest of Iceland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drangsnes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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